Hangul 윤선도 Hangul 고산 also 해옹 Died 1671 McCune–Reischauer Yun Son-do Role Writer | Revised Romanization Yun Seon-do Name Yun Seon-do Hanja 尹善道 Hanja 孤山 also 海翁 | |
Books THE FISHERMANS CALENDAR(윤선도 어부사시사) | ||
Yun Seondo (Hangul: 윤선도, 1587–1671) was a noted Korean Neo-Confucian scholar and Writer, poet, Politicians of the Joseon Dynasty. nickname was Gosan and Haeong.
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Life
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.
Yun is considered the greatest master of the sijo form in Korean literature. His most famous composition is The Fisherman's Calendar 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.