Chŏng Ku

Korean name
Hangul
정구
Hanja
鄭逑
RRJeong Gu
MRChŏng Ku
Art name
Hangul
한강, 회연야인
Hanja
寒岡, 檜淵野人
RRHangang, Hoeyeonyain
MRHan'gang, Hoeyŏnyain
Courtesy name
Hangul
도가, 가보
Hanja
道可, 可父
RRDoga, Gabo
MRToga, Kabo
Posthumous name
Hangul
문목
Hanja
文穆
RRMunmok
MRMunmok

Chŏng Ku (Korean: 정구; Hanja: 鄭逑; 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 Sik from 1566 to 1573. A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Paengmaewŏn (백매원, 百梅園), a private Confucian academy. His pen names were Hangang (한강; 寒岡) and Hoeyŏnyain (회연야인; 檜淵野人), and courtesy name was Toga (도가; 道可) and Kabo (가보; 可父).

He was the ideological successor of Yi Hwang and Cho Sik, moral support of Namin faction and Bokin faction. His masters were Hŏ Mok, Yun Hyu, and Yun Sŏndo. There was a conflict called the Yesong Controversy (예송논쟁) then polemic of the Namin faction. He came from the Jinju Jeong clan (진주 정씨; 晉州 鄭氏).

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