Jeong Do-jeon

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Jeong Do-jeon was a prominent Korean scholar-official and political thinker of the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods, best known as the principal architect of the Joseon dynasty’s founding ideology and institutions.

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instanceOf Joseon dynasty politician
Korean scholar-official
Neo-Confucian scholar
political thinker
advocated merit-based bureaucracy
strong centralized monarchy constrained by Confucian norms
artName Sambong NERFINISHED
artNameHangul 삼봉 NERFINISHED
artNameHanja 三峰 NERFINISHED
birthYear 1342
countryOfCitizenship Korea NERFINISHED
courtesyName Jongji NERFINISHED
courtesyNameHangul 종지 NERFINISHED
courtesyNameHanja 宗之 NERFINISHED
criticized Buddhist establishment of late Goryeo
deathCause assassination
deathYear 1398
era early Joseon period
late Goryeo period NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Confucian scholarship
political philosophy
statecraft
hangulName 정도전 NERFINISHED
hanjaName 鄭道傳 NERFINISHED
helpedFound Joseon dynasty NERFINISHED
ideology Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
influenced Joseon bureaucratic structure
Joseon land and taxation policies
Joseon legal system
killedByFactionOf Yi Bang-won NERFINISHED
killedIn First Strife of Princes NERFINISHED
legacy considered a foundational thinker of Korean Neo-Confucian politics
regarded as principal architect of early Joseon state
name Jeong Do-jeon NERFINISHED
notableFor designing the ideological foundations of the Joseon dynasty
establishing early Joseon political institutions
promoting Neo-Confucianism as state ideology
opposedReligion Buddhism as a state religion
position close adviser to Yi Seong-gye
key architect of Joseon government structure
romanization Chŏng Tojŏn NERFINISHED
Jeong Do-jeon NERFINISHED
servedRuler Yi Seong-gye NERFINISHED
supportedDynasty Joseon dynasty NERFINISHED
wroteWork Bulssi japbyeon NERFINISHED
Gyeongjemungam NERFINISHED
Joseongyeonggukjeon NERFINISHED
Sambongjip NERFINISHED

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