Yun Seon-do

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 윤선도
Hanja 尹 善 道
Revised
Romanization
Yun Seon-do
McCune-
Reischauer
Yun Sŏndo

Yun Seon-do ( Korean 윤선도 ) (* 1587 in Seoul ; † 1671 ) was a Korean poet and artist . He used the pseudonyms Gosan ( 고산 ; 孤山 ) and Hae-ong ( 해옹 ; 海 翁 ).

Yun Seondo's most famous work is The Anglers Calendar , a cycle of 40 Sijos . The work is the largest and most famous cycle of the classical period.

He spent his long retirement on the island of Bogildo , about which many of his poems are about.

Works

  • Won Yong-mun: Kosan Yun Son-do-ui siga yongu , 1996. [Studies on the poetry of Yun Seon-do Engl. Version: A literary study of Yoon Seon-Do. In Chinese Schr]
  • Yun Son-do and Ho Kyong-jin [Eds.]: Kosan Yun Son-do sison, 1996. [Selected poems. In korean. and chines. Schr]