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Yun Seon-do

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In this Korean name, the family name is Yun.
Yun Seon-do
Born1587
Hanseong, Joseon
Died1671
RelativesYun Du-seo (grand-son)
Yun Seon-do
Hangul
윤선도
Hanja
尹いん善よし道どう
Revised RomanizationYun Seon-do
McCune–ReischauerYun Sŏn-do
Art name
Hangul
고산, 해옹
Hanja
孤こ山さん, 海うみ翁おきな
Revised RomanizationGosan, Haeong
McCune–ReischauerKosan, Haeong
Courtesy name
Hangul
약이
Hanja
約やく而
Revised RomanizationYagi
McCune–ReischauerYagi

Yun Seondo (Korean: 윤선도; 1587–1671), also spelled as Yoon Sun-Do, was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician. A Neo-Confucian scholar, he was also known by his art names Gosan and Haeong.[1]

Life

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He was born in Seoul, in what is now South Korea. He achieved early success as a government official, but his straightforward character made enemies at court and he was banished for imprudent criticism of those in power. Thirteen years later he returned to become tutor to the royal princes but was later banished again. He spent most of his 85 years in his rustic country home, contemplating the nature of life, teaching and writing poetry.[1][2]

Yun is considered the greatest master of the sijo form in Korean literature.[3] His most famous composition is The Fisherman's Calendar (어부사시사, 1651)[4] a cycle of forty seasonal sijo. In both Chinese and Korean classical poetry, the fisherman symbolized a wise man who lives simply and naturally. In art, the fisherman appeared almost invariably in one of the most common genres of Asian water colors: sets of four paintings, one for each season of the year.

Yun Seondo wove both traditions into The Fisherman's Calendar. It is the longest and most ambitious sijo cycle attempted during the classical period of his life.

Some lines are given below from a translation of the Autumn section by Gross.[5][6]

A fisherman's life is idyllic, away from cares of the world...

Do not mock the old fisherman, you'll see him in every painting.

I look back on the world of men, the farther off the better.[4]

And from Five Friends.[2]

Moon, you watch but keep silent; isn't that what a good friend does?

Works

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  • Gosan seonsaeng yugo (고산선생유고, 孤こ山やま先生せんせい遺稿いこう)
  • Byeoljip (별집, 別べつ集しゅう)
  • Yakhwaje (약화제, 藥くすり和わ劑ざい)
  • Cheobangjeonseonchangyak (처방전선창약, 癬瘡藥やく)
  • Hoechungyak (회충약, 蛔蟲かいちゅう藥やく)
  • Haesuyak (해수약, 咳嗽がいそう藥やく)
  • Bokhaksinbang (복학신방, 腹はら학神かみ方かた)
  • Uyeoksinbang (우역신방, 牛疫ぎゅうえき神かみ方かた)
  • Oseonjubang (오선주방, 五ご仙せん酒さけ方かた)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2016 travel diary 19: The Scholar's Garden #1: Yun Seon-do on Bogildo | London Korean Links". 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. ^ a b "Korean Sijo by Yun Sŏndo". thewordshop.tripod.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. ^ Nahm, Andrew C (1996). Korea: Tradition and Transformation — A History of the Korean People (second ed.). Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym International. p. 121. ISBN 1-56591-070-2.
  4. ^ a b "어부사시사(漁父ぎょふ四よん時じ詞し) Fisherman's Calendar". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  5. ^ Larry Gross: Sijo Masters in Translation – Yun Sŏndo (1996), which has the complete text in translation of Song of Five Friends and Fisherman's Calendar
  6. ^ Larry Gross. "The Fisherman's Calendar". thewordshop.tripod.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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