Biography:Jeong In-hong

Jeong In-hong 정인홍
Chief State Councillor
In office 12 February 1618 – 26 April 1619
Preceded by	Gi Ja-heon
Succeeded by	Park Seung-jong
Left State Councillor
In office 27 February 1614 – 25 January 1618
Preceded by	Yi Hang-bok
Succeeded by	Jeong Chang-yeon
Right State Councillor
In office 29 September 1612 – 27 February 1614 (suspended from office: 13 June–6 November 1613)
Preceded by	Yi Hang-bok
Succeeded by	Jeong Chang-yeon
Personal details
Born	(1363-03-08)8 March 1363
Died	28 February 1452(1452-02-28) (aged 88)
Korean name
Hangul	정인홍
Hanja	鄭仁弘
Revised Romanization	Jeong In-hong
McCune–Reischauer	Chung In-hong
Pen name
Hangul	래암 or 내암
Hanja	來庵
Revised Romanization	Raeam, Naeam
McCune–Reischauer	Raeam, Naeam
Courtesy name
Hangul	덕원
Hanja	德遠
Revised Romanization	Deogwon
McCune–Reischauer	Dukwon

Jeong In-hong (Korean: 정인홍, 鄭仁弘; 26 September 1535 – 3 April 1623) was a Korean politician, Neo-Confucian scholar, general, and leader of the Northerners faction. He served as Prime Minister or Chief State Councillor during the reign of Gwanghaegun. His pen name was Raeam (also Naeam, 래암 來庵). He belonged to the Seosan Jeong clan.

Family

• Grandfather
  • Jeong Yeon-woo (정언우, 鄭彦佑)
• Father
  • Jeong Ryu (정륜, 鄭倫)
    • Uncle - Jeong Geon (정건)
• Mother
  • Lady Kang of the Jinju Kang clan (진주 강씨) (? - 1582)
• Siblings
  • Unnamed younger brother
  • Younger brother - Jeong In-yeong (정인영, 鄭仁榮) (1540 - 1602)
• Wife and children
  • Lady Yang of the Namwon Yang clan (남원 양씨)
    • Son - Jeong Yeon (정연, 鄭沇) (1571 - 1592)
      • Daughter-in-law - Lady Ha of the Jinju Ha clan (진주 하씨)
        • Grandson - Jeong Neung (정능, 鄭 木+菱)

Works

• Naeamjip (내암집, 來庵集)

Popular culture

• Portrayed by Han Myung-koo in the 2015 MBC TV series Splendid Politics.

See also

• Cho Shik
• Lee San-hae

References

• Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN:9780674179820; OCLC 40926015.
• Lee, Peter H. (1993). Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN:9780231079129; ISBN:9780231079143; ISBN:9780231104449; OCLC 26353271.
• Noh, Daehwan. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century", Korea Journal. Winter 2003.

External links

• Chung In-hong (in Korean)
• Chung In-hong (in Korean)
• Chung In-hong:Navercast (in Korean)