Jeong Gu Explained

Korean name
Hangul:정구
Hanja:鄭 逑
Rr:Jeong Gu
Mr:Chŏng Ku
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Hangulja:도가, 가보
Hanjaja:道 可, 可 父
Rrja:Doga, Gabo
Mrja:Toga, Kabo
Hangulho:한강, 회연야인
Hanjaho:寒 岡, 檜 淵 野 人
Rrho:Hangang, Hoeyeonyain
Mrho:Hangang, Hoeyŏnyain
Hangulph:문목
Hanjaph:文 穆
Rrph:Munmok
Mrph:Munmok

Jeong Gu (9 July 1543 – 5 January 1620) was a Korean historian, philosopher, poet, and politician of the Joseon period. He learned from the Korean scholars Yi Hwang[1] and Cho Shik.[2] A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Baekmaewon (백매원, 百梅園[3]), a private Confucian academy. His pen names were Hangang and Hoeyeonyain, and courtesy name was Doga and Gabo .

He was the ideological successor of Yi Hwang and Cho Shik, moral support of Namin faction and Bokin faction . His masters were Heo Mok, Yun Hyu, and Yun Seondo. There was a conflict called the Yesong Controversy then polemic of the Namin faction. He came from the Cheongju Jeong clan .

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  1. learned 1563~1573
  2. learned 1566~1573
  3. http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view.do?docid=b19j0999a Jeong gu