Biography:Yi Jehyeon

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Yi Jehyeon
Hangul
이제현
Hanja
李齊賢
Revised RomanizationI Jehyeon
McCune–ReischauerI Chehyŏn
Pen name
Hangul
익재, 역옹, 실재
Hanja
益齋, 櫟翁, 實齋
Revised RomanizationIkjae, Yeogong, Siljae
McCune–ReischauerIkchae, Yŏgong, Silchae
Courtesy name
Hangul
지공
Hanja
之公
Revised RomanizationJigong
McCune–ReischauerChigong
Posthumous name
Hangul
문충
Hanja
文忠
Revised RomanizationMunchung
McCune–ReischauerMunch'ung

Yi Jehyeon (Korean: 이제현, hanja: 李齊賢, 1287–1367) was a politician and early Korean Neo-Confucianism scholar and philosopher, writer, and poet. His first name was Jigong (Korean:지공, hanja:之公). A pen name was Ikjae (익재, 益齋)·Yeogong (역옹, 櫟翁)·Shiljae (실재, 實齋), courtesy name was Jungsa (중사, 仲思). He was a follower and successor of Baek Yijeong (백이정, 白頤正), and was the father of Hyebi Yi, who was a concubine of Gongmin of Goryeo.

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