Ch'oe Ch'ung (English spelling)

Japanese: 崔冲 - さいちゅう（英語表記）Ch‘oe Ch‘ung

984‐1068
A Korean Goryeo politician and Confucian scholar. Born in Haeju. Passed the civil service examination in 1005, and as a bureaucrat he contributed to the spread of the legal code and the governance of the northwestern region. In 1053, after retiring from his prime ministerial position as a priest, he devoted himself to educating the next generation. He established the Kusai Academy, which offered nine specialized courses, which marked the beginning of private schools in Korea, and at that time there were a total of 12 private schools. Students at the Kusai Academy were called Choi Gongdo (later Munheon Gongdo), and many excellent people came from the school, so he was called the Confucius of Haedong. [Hamanaka Noboru]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

984‐1068
朝鮮，高麗の政治家，儒学者。海州の人。1005年科挙に合格，官僚として律令の普及，西北地方の統治に功があり，53年，門下侍中という首相職から退くと，以後は後進の育成に専念した。九つの専門講座を置く九斎学堂をつくったが，これが朝鮮における私学の始まりで，当時あわせて12の私学ができた。九斎学堂の生徒は崔公徒(のち文憲公徒)とよばれたが，ここからは多くの優秀な人物が輩出し，彼は海東の孔子とよばれた。【浜中昇】

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