Sin Gwang-su (poet)
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Sin Gwang-su was a poet of the late Joseon Dynasty
. Living in the time of King Yeongjo
, he was unable to attain a position of rank because his family was aligned with the Southerners faction. He married the daughter of Yun Duseo
and became associated with Silhak
. At 39, Sin finally passed the higher exam of the gwageo
and was sent to Jeju
as an official. He wrote a description of the island. His famed words from later life include the Gwan sang yung ma (Hangeul:관산융마 Hanja
:關山戎馬) and Gwanseo akbu (Hangeul:관서악부 Hanja
:關西樂府).
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
. Living in the time of King Yeongjo
Yeongjo of Joseon
Yeongjo was the twenty-first king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the second son of Sukjong by Lady Suk-bin of the Choi clan , succeeded his older brother Gyeongjong.-Reign:...
, he was unable to attain a position of rank because his family was aligned with the Southerners faction. He married the daughter of Yun Duseo
Yun Duseo
Yun Du-seo was a painter and scholar of the Joseon period. He is the grandson of Yun Seondo, a great scholar in Korean history. He passed the gwageo exam, but did not enter government service. Rather, he devoted his whole life to painting and studying Confucianism.His self-portrait is regarded as...
and became associated with Silhak
Silhak
Silhak was a Korean Confucian social reform movement in late Joseon Dynasty. Sil means "actual" or "practical," and hak means "studies" or "learning." It developed in response to the increasingly metaphysical nature of Neo-Confucianism that seemed disconnected from the rapid agricultural,...
. At 39, Sin finally passed the higher exam of the gwageo
Gwageo
The gwageo were the national civil service examinations under the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea. Typically quite demanding, these tests measured candidates' knowledge of the Chinese classics, and sometimes also of technical subjects...
and was sent to Jeju
Jeju-do
Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946...
as an official. He wrote a description of the island. His famed words from later life include the Gwan sang yung ma (Hangeul:관산융마 Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
:關山戎馬) and Gwanseo akbu (Hangeul:관서악부 Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
:關西樂府).
See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- Korean literatureKorean literatureKorean literature is the body of literature produced in Korea or by Korean writers. For much of its 3,000 years of literature history, it was written both in Hanja and in Korean, first using the transcription systems idu and gugyeol, and finally using the Korean script Hangul. It is commonly...
- List of Joseon Dynasty people