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 from 1563 to 1573 and Cho Shik from 1566 to 1573. A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Baekmaewon (백매원, 百梅園[1]), 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. http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view.do?docid=b19j0999a Jeong gu