Jeong Cheol

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Jeong Cheol
Jeong Cheol
Hangul
정철
Hanja
鄭澈
Revised RomanizationJeong Cheol
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Ch'ŏl

Template:Korean name Jeong Cheol (정철, 1536–1593) was a Korean statesman and poet. He used the pen-names Gyeham (계함) and Songgang(송강), and studied under Kim Yunjae at Hwanbyeokdang. He was expelled by the Easterners.

Literary works

He is prominent in the gasa and the sijo, which are forms of classical Korean poetry.

  • Gwandong Byeolgok (the Song of the Sceneries of the Gwandong).
  • Samiingok (Mindful of My Seemly Lord).
  • Songgang Gasa (Songgang's Prose Poetry Book).

See also