Biography:Yi Jehyeon

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Yi Jehyeon
Hangul
이제현
Hanja
李齊賢
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Pen name
Hangul
익재, 역옹, 실재
Hanja
益齋, 櫟翁, 實齋
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Courtesy name
Hangul
지공
Hanja
之公
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Posthumous name
Hangul
문충
Hanja
文忠
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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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