Nam Gon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Nam.

Prime Minister in Joseon Dynasty
Hangul	남곤
Hanja	南袞
Revised Romanization	Nam Gon
McCune–Reischauer	Nam Kon
Pen name
Hangul	지정, 지족당, 지족
Hanja	止亭, 知足堂, 知足
Revised Romanization	Jijeong, Jijokdang, Jijok
McCune–Reischauer	Jijŏng, Jijŏkdang, Jijŏk
Courtesy name
Hangul	사화
Hanja	士華
Revised Romanization	Sahwa
McCune–Reischauer	Sahwa
Posthumous name
Hangul	문경
Hanja	文敬
Revised Romanization	Mungyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Munkyŏng

Nam Gon (1471 – 10 March 1527) was a Korean politician, poet, scholar, and thinker of the Joseon dynasty.

Life

Nam was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar. He was the Joseon Dynasty's Vice Prime Minister until 1520, and then Prime Minister from 1523 to 1527.

Nam Gon studied under Neo-Confucian scholar Kim Jong-jik. He was an ideological and political rival of Jo Gwang-jo. Jo studied under his friend Kim Kwaeng-pil.

Other

He was member of the Sarim faction.

See also

• List of Korean philosophers
• Neo-Confucianism
• Kim Jong-jik
• Jo Gwang-jo

References

• Kalton, Michael (1988). To Become a Sage. Translation from Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning by Yi T'oegye (1501-1570). Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-06410-1. http://faculty.washington.edu/mkalton/. Retrieved 2006-05-14. 
• 남곤은 밀양인 이였다! - 밀양신문 (Korean)

External links

• Nam Gon (Korean)
• Nam Gon (Korean)
• Nam Gon (Korean)
• 남곤은 밀양인 이였다! - 밀양신문 (Korean)

Persondata
Name	Nam Gon
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1471
Place of birth
Date of death	1527
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