Yu Gam-dong (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 유감동;

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 兪甘同) (died ''after'' 1428), was a notable

Gisaeng Kisaeng (Hangul: 기생, Hanja: 妓生, RR: ''Gisaeng''), also called ginyeo (Hangul: 기녀, Hanja: 妓女), were women from outcast or slave families who were trained to be courtesans, providing artistic entertainment and conversation to men ...

, dancer, writer, artist, and poet who lived during the

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

Joseon Dynasty Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

of the 15th century. Her

name was Gamdong.

Life

She was from noble families of the

; her father was Yu Gui-su (유귀수, 兪龜壽), Mayor of Hanseong. In her early years she was arranged to marry Choi Jung-ki (최중기, 崔仲基), a county governor and head of a myeon. She was raped by Kim Yeo-dal (김여달, 金如達) and divorced, becoming a Gisaeng. As a Gisaeng she was active as a dancer and poet. She wrote poetry and painted pictures, but most of her work has been destroyed or not been preserved.where are the remaining ones ? As a divorced woman, she became known for her love life, having numerous male lovers, something extremely controversial in Korean society at that time. Reportedly, she had 39 lovers, among them Public Works Minister Seong Dal-saeng, secretary of the Office of Inspector-General Yi Hyo-rye, a craftsman as well as her husband's nephew and brother-in-law. This was technically adultery, as she was living estranged from her husband but not formally divorced from him. In 1428, in accordance with the law, she was therefore punished for adultery by being flogged and made a slave for a government office in a remote region. There was at this time an increasing severity in the persecution of women who committed adultery, and particularly noblewomen such as Yu Gam-dong, Geumeumdong and Dongja, both noblewomen who committed adultery with male relatives and where punished, and above all the noblewoman Eoeuludong, who was executed in 1480 after a famous scandal in which she had committed adultery with multiple men including royal relatives, court officials and slaves, and these cases eventually resulted in the death penalty formally introduced for female adultery by

King Jungjong Jungjong of Joseon (16 April 1488 – 29 November 1544), personal name Yi Yeok (Korean: 이역; Hanja: 李懌), firstly titled Grand Prince Jinseong (Korean: 진성대군; Hanja: 晉城大君), was the 11th ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. ...

in 1513.

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Yu Gam-dong

'에너벨 청'과 조선의 '유감동' - 오마이뉴스
2000.04.29

충북일보 2011.12.23
풍기문란죄로 교수형에 처해진 기생, 어우동(어을우동)과 살아남은 유감동
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Gam-dong 15th-century Korean poets 15th-century dancers 15th-century Korean women writers 15th-century Korean painters Korean female dancers Korean women poets Kisaeng Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown

Life

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