# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chong-ku
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:15.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chong-ku"
name: "Chŏng Ku"
slug: "chong-ku"
description: "Chŏng Ku was a Korean historian, philosopher, poet, and politician of the Joseon period. He learned from the Korean scholars Yi Hwang from 1563 to 1573 and Cho Sik from 1566 to 1573. A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Paengmaewŏn, a private Confucian academy. His pen names were Hangang and Hoeyŏnyain, and courtesy name was Toga and Kabo."
tagline: "Korean Joseon dynasty politician and educator, poet (1543-1620)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1543"
deathDate: "1620"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             0.2930402930402931
  historical:           8.743449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E9%80%91"
    title: "鄭逑"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeong_Gu"
    title: "Jeong Gu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Fng_Ku"
    title: "Chŏng Ku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeong_Gu"
    title: "Jeong Gu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E9%80%91"
    title: "鄭逑"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E9%80%91"
    title: "鄭逑"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%95%EA%B5%AC_(1543%EB%85%84)"
    title: "정구 (1543년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeong_Gu"
    title: "Jeong Gu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeong_Gu"
    title: "Jeong Gu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E9%80%91"
    title: "鄭逑"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709450"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump