- Yun Seondo
Infobox Korean name
hangul=윤선도
hanja=尹善道
rr=Yun Seon-do
mr=Yun Sŏn-do
hangulja=약이
hanjaja=約而
rrja=Yag-i
mrja=Yag-i
hangulho=고산 "also" 해옹
hanjaho=孤山 "also" 海翁
rrho=Gosan "also" Hae-ong
mrho=Kosan "also" Hae-ongYun Seondo (1587 - 1671) was a noted
Korea n poet of theJoseon Dynasty . He was born inSeoul , in what is nowSouth Korea . He achieved early success as a government official, but his straightforward character made enemies at court and he was banished for imprudent criticism of those in power. Thirteen years later he returned to become tutor to the royal princes but was later banished again. He spent most of his 85 years in his rustic country home, contemplating the nature of life, teaching and writing poetry.Yun is considered the greatest master in the history of Korean
literature . His most famous composition is "The Fisherman's Calendar" a cycle of forty seasonalsijo . In both Chinese and Korean classical poetry, the fisherman symbolized a wise man who lives simply and naturally. In art, the fisherman appeared almost invariably in one of the most common genres ofAsia n water colors: sets of four paintings, one for eachseason of the year.Yun Seondo wove both traditions into "The Fisherman's Calendar". It is the longest and most ambitious sijo cycle attempted during the classical period.
Note: With minor alterations, much of the material on this page is taken from TheWORDshop's "The Fisherman's Calendar." [http://theWORDshop.tripod.com/Sijo/fishermanscalendar.htm]
ee also
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List of Korean language poets
*Korean literature
*List of Korea-related topics
*List of Koreans External links
*ko icon [http://tour.haenam.go.kr/home/tour/history/treasure/man/16 General information about "Yun Seondo"] from Haenam Culture & Tourism
* [http://eng.haenam.go.kr/home/eng/tourism/Duryun/YunSeonDo Brief information about "Yun Seondo" and sightseeing around "Haenam-si"] from Haenam Culture & Tourism
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