Yi Suhyeong

In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.

Yi Suhyeong
Hangul	이수형
Hanja	李秀亨
Revised Romanization	I Suhyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Suhyŏng
Art name
Hangul	도촌, 공북헌
Hanja	桃村, 拱北軒
Revised Romanization	Dochon, Gongbukheon
McCune–Reischauer	Toch'on, Kongbukhŏn
Courtesy name
Hangul	영보
Hanja	英甫
Revised Romanization	Yeongbo
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏngbo

Yi Suhyeong (1435–1528), also spelled as Lee Soo-Hyung, was a Korean politician and Confucian scholar, writer, and poet of the Joseon dynasty. His pen names were Dochon and Gongbukheon. It was after King Sejo of Joseon took possession of the throne by force and after the loss of his nephew, that he left politics and secluded himself away from society.

Life

He studied at Kim Dam's school and later married one of Kim's daughters. In 1450, he was a successor of an ancestral government position at a young age of 17. His political post was then succeeded by Sung Yorang (선교랑), Junsaeng Seoryung (전생서령) and Bu Sajik (부사직).

In 1455, Sejo of Joseon usurped the throne held by his nephew, Danjong of Joseon. Yi Suhyeong responded in resentment, and left the government service. He retired to a hermitage in the mountains.

After the assassination of his nephew, Danjong in 1457, he mourned for him in 3 years. Missing his nephew, as he had since Danjong's death, he had cut himself completely from all human contact, for the next 70 years.

Works

• Dochonsunsaengsilgi (도촌선생실기, 桃村先生實紀)
• Gwaedangangwangrok (괴단감광록, 槐壇曠感錄)

See also

• Sejo of Joseon
• Danjong of Joseon
• Kim Dam

site web

• Yi Suhyeong:Korean historical persons information Archived 18 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Gongbukheon
• [이정웅의 노거수와 사람들] 단종 향한 일편단심…세인 관심 끌어 (in Korean)
• 宣城 金氏 撫松軒 金淡 (선성 김씨 무송헌 김담) (in Korean)
• 400살 ‘시조木’ 두 그루 여전히 성성, 경북 봉화 띠띠미 마을 (in Korean)
• Dochonsunsaengsilgi

References

• Yi Ga-won, Yijomyunginyuljeon(이조명인열전), Eulyumunhwasa, 1965