Jeong Yak-yong, also known by his art name Dasan, lived from 1762 to 1836 and was a Korean agronomist, philosopher and poet of the later Joseon period, born in Namyangju in Gyeonggi Province. A close confidant of King Jeongjo and a leading figure of the Silhak, or Practical Learning, school of thought, he wrote extensively on philosophy, science and governance, producing influential works on jurisprudence and administration that combined Neo-Confucian themes with a reformist, practically minded approach to statecraft.
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Notable PublicationMokmin simso (Admonitions on Governing the People) 2 Office HeldCounty magistrate at Koksan 2 Death PlaceNamyangju, Gyeonggi Province 2 Tradition
Tradition (category) Connections
Associated With
Jeong Yak-yong (Dasan) is Silhak's most eminent later synthesizer; earlier figures credited as its founders (Yu Hyeong-won, Yi Ik) have no live entity here, so Associated With rather than Founded By.
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Nationality
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Sources
1. Chŏng Yagyong (Wikipedia)
2. Jeong Yak-yong, Wikipedia
Introduction
1762-1836
Introduction, death
where he also died
Works
his best-known Mokmin simso (목민심서; 牧民心書; lit. "Admonitions on Governing the People")
Biography
position as county magistrate at Koksan
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