Choe Seungno

Choi Seungno (927–989) was a politician, Confucianist, marquis and poet of Goryeo. His family was originally one of the third class noble families of Silla.

Choe Seungno
Hangul	최승로
Hanja	崔承老
Revised Romanization	Choe Seung-no
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sŭngno

Life

Choi Seungno was born in Gyeongju. He was the son of Silla noble Choi Eunham.[1] 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 opinion, 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".[2]

See also

• Goryeo
• Seongjong of Goryeo

References

1. 하현강. "최승로(崔承老) - 한국민족문화대백과사전". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). The Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
2. 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.)