Sin Gwang-su (1712–1775) 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
Yun Du-seo (1668–1715) 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 pa ...
and became associated with
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 ( ...
. At 39, Sin finally passed the higher exam of the ''
gwageo'' and was sent to
Jeju
Jeju may refer to:
* Jeju Island (Jejudo), an island near South Korea
* Jeju Province (formerly transliterated Cheju), a province of South Korea comprising Jejudo
**Jeju City, the biggest city on Jejudo
**Jeju dog, a dog native to Jejudo
** Jeju l ...
as an official. He wrote a description of the island. His famed words from later life include the ''Gwan sang yung ma'' (
Hangeul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's Revised Romanization of Korean, standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system f ...
:관산융마
Hanja:關山戎馬) and ''
Gwanseo akbu'' (
Hangeul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's Revised Romanization of Korean, standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system f ...
:관서악부
Hanja:關西樂府).
See also
*
Korean literature
Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's 1,500 years of literary history, it was written in Hanja. It is commonly divided into classica ...
*
List of Joseon Dynasty people
External links
Empas entry, in Korean
Korean male poets
1712 births
1775 deaths
18th-century Korean poets
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