Cho Chun

Japanese: 趙浚 - ちょうしゅん（英語表記）Cho Chun

1346‐1405
A Korean politician from the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and the beginning of the Yi Dynasty. His pen name was Myeongjung and his title was Yujae. He was from Pyongyang. He passed the civil service examination in 1374 and entered the government service. From 1388 onwards he was trusted by Yi Seong-gye (later Taejo) and worked hard to help him gain control of power by supporting King Gongyang and carrying out reforms to the land system (the 1391 Government Land Law). After the establishment of the Yi Dynasty, he was active in domestic affairs and diplomacy with Ming for three generations under Taejo, Jeongjong and Taejong, and rose to the position of Chief Minister of the Government. In 1397, he compiled the Six Codes of Economics, which became the basic administrative code for the early Yi Dynasty. His posthumous name was Munchung.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1346‐1405
朝鮮，高麗末･李朝初めの政治家。字は明仲，号は吁斎。平壌の人。1374年科挙に合格して官途に就き，88年以後は李成桂(のちの太祖)に信任され，恭譲王の擁立，田制改革の実行(1391年の科田法)などによって，彼の政権掌握に尽力した。李朝成立後は太祖･定宗･太宗3代にわたって，内政，対明外交に活躍し，官は領議政府事に至った。97年，李朝初期の行政基本法典とされた《経済六典》を編纂している。諡（おくりな）は文忠。

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