This is a Korean name; the family name is Yun.

Yun Seondo
Hangul	윤선도
Hanja	尹善道
Revised Romanization	Yun Seon-do
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Sŏn-do
Pen name
Hangul	고산 also 해옹
Hanja	孤山 also 海翁
Revised Romanization	Gosan also Hae-ong
McCune–Reischauer	Kosan also Hae-ong
Courtesy name
Hangul	약이
Hanja	約而
Revised Romanization	Yag-i
McCune–Reischauer	Yag-i

Yun Seondo (1587 - 1671) was a noted Korean poet of the Joseon Dynasty. 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 in the history of 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.

Note: With minor alterations, much of the material on this page is taken from TheWORDshop's "The Fisherman's Calendar." [1]

[edit] See also

• List of Korean language poets
• Korean literature
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Koreans

[edit] External links

• (Korean) General information about Yun Seondo from Haenam Culture & Tourism
• Brief information about Yun Seondo and sightseeing around Haenam-si from Haenam Culture & Tourism