Choe Sungno
Ch'oe Sŭngno (Korean: 최승로; Hanja: 崔承老; 927 – 17 June 989[1] was a politician, Confucian scholar, poet, and literary writer in the early Goryeo dynasty. He came from the Gyeongju Choe clan, one of the third class noble families of Silla. He was famous for dedicating 28 duties to King Seongjong, most of which were accepted and a became an important basis for state affairs such as Goryeo's political system and local government.
Choe Sungno | |
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| 최승로 | |
| Bachelor of Wonbongseong and Politician of the Goryeo State (고려국 원봉성 대학사 겸 대리청정공, 高麗國 元鳳省 大學士 兼 代理聽政公) | |
| In office 3 February 976 – 8 July 977 | |
| Monarch | King Gyeongjong of Goryeo |
| Waiter and Civil servant in Jungseomunhaseong and Politician of the Goryeo State (고려국 중서문하성 문하시중 겸 대리청정공, 高麗國 中書門下省 門下侍中 兼 代理聽政公) | |
| In office 1 February 988 – 17 June 989 | |
| Monarch | King Seongjong of Goryeo |
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| Pronunciation | Choe Sŭng-no |
| Born | 927 Geumseong, Kingdom of Silla |
| Died | 17 June 989 (aged 63) Gaegyeong, Kingdom of Goryeo |
| Children | Choe Suk |
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| Relatives | Choe Chi-won (great-grandfather) Choe Eon-wi (great-great-grandfather) |
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| Choe Sungno | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Seung-no |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Sŭngno |
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| Revised Romanization | Munjeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Munch'ŏng |
Life
Choe Sungno was born in Gyeongju. He was the son of Silla noble Ch'oe Ŭnham.[2] Since the age of 12, he had been highly praised by Taejo of Goryeo. He spread Confucianism widely in Korea and set up the basic political structure of Goryeo at the era of Seongjong. According to his Choi, Seongjong accepted the ruling system of Later Zhou of China and threw away its traditional ruling system. Seongjong installed 12 provincial capitals and 3 small capitals which were Seoul, Gyeongju and Pyongyang.
In 988, he was titled marquis of Chungha.
Poetry
He composed "a significant corpus of poems".[3]
In popular culture
- Portrayed by Lee Ji-hyung in the 2002–2003 KBS1 TV series The Dawn of the Empire.
See also
References
- 12th days 5th months on Lunar calendar.
- 하현강. "최승로(崔承老) - 한국민족문화대백과사전". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). The Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- Paragraph 4 in Emanuel Pastreich "The Reception of Chinese Literature in Korea", chapter 53 in Mair 2001.
Cited works
- Mair, Victor H. (ed.) (2001). The Columbia History of Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10984-9. (Amazon Kindle edition.)