정이오 鄭以吾

Late-Goryeo and early-Joseon scholar-official and chief scholar (pen name Gyoeun)

Life & career

Jeong I-o (pen name Gyoeun) passed the civil examination in 1374 and served both Goryeo and Joseon, reaching posts such as head of the Confucian academy and chief scholar of the Office of Royal Decrees. He took part in compiling the Sasa jeolyo and is said to have been involved in the Taejo Sillok; his works are collected in the Gyoeunjip. His son was Jeong Bun. Some sources give 1347 as his birth year.

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