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Jeong In-hong (Korean: 정인홍, 鄭仁弘; 26 September 1535 – 3 April 1623) was a scholar-official of the Joseon period of Korea. A general and a leader of the Northerners faction. He served as Chief State Councillor during the reign of Gwanghaegun. His art name was Raeam (also Naeam, 래암 來庵).^[1] He belonged to the Seosan Jeong clan.

Family

• Father
  • Jeong Ryun (정륜; 鄭倫)
• Mother
  • Lady Kang of the Jinju Kang clan (진주 강씨; ?–1582)
• Siblings
  • Unnamed younger brother
  • Younger brother – Jeong In-yeong (정인영; 鄭仁榮; 1540–1602)
• Wife and children
  • Lady Yang of the Namwon Yang clan (남원 양씨); daughter of Yang Hui (양희; 梁喜)
    • Son – Jeong Yeon (정연; 鄭沇; 1571–1592)
      • Daughter-in-law – Lady Ha of the Jinju Ha clan (진주 하씨); daughter of Ha Jin-bo (하진보; 河晋寶)
        • Grandson – Jeong Neung (정능, 鄭木+菱)

Works

• Naeamjip (내암집; 來庵集)

Popular culture

• Portrayed by Seo Sang-ik in the 1995 KBS2 TV Series West Palace.
• Portrayed by Han Myung-koo in the 2015 MBC TV series Splendid Politics.

See also

• Cho Shik
• Lee San-hae

References

• Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674179820; OCLC 40926015.
• Lee, Peter H. (1993). Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231079129; ISBN 9780231079143; ISBN 9780231104449; OCLC 26353271.
• Noh, Daehwan. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century", Korea Journal. Winter 2003.

External links

• Chung In-hong (in Korean)
• Chung In-hong (in Korean)
• Chung In-hong:Navercast (in Korean)