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Jeong Gu

Jeong Gu
Hangul 정구
Hanja
Revised Romanization Jung gu
McCune–Reischauer Jeong gu
Pen name
Hangul 한강 or 회연야인
Hanja ,
Revised Romanization Hangang, Hoiyunyain
McCune–Reischauer Hangang, Hoiyunyain
Courtesy name
Hangul 도가, 가보
Hanja ,
Revised Romanization Doga, Gabo
McCune–Reischauer Dogah, Gabo
Posthumous name
Hangul 문목
Hanja
Revised Romanization Munmog
McCune–Reischauer Moonmok

Jeong Gu(korean:정구, hanja:鄭逑, 1543–1620) was Korean philosopher, politician, historian and writer, Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynastys. learn from Yi Hwang and Cho Shik. a key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Baikmaewon(백매원, 百梅園), a private Confucian academy. his nickname was Hangang(한강, 寒岡)·Hoiyunyain(회연야인, 檜淵野人), courtesy name was Dogah(도가, 道可), Gabo(가보, 可父).

he was korean Confucian scholars and Ideological successor of Yi Hwang and Cho Shik, moral support of South Man Party(남인, 南人) and North Man Party(북인, 北人)s. his master of Heo Mok and Yun Hyu, Yun Seondo, there's Yesong ontroversy(예송논쟁) then polemic of South Man Party's.


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