Choe Bu was a Korean diarist, historian, politician, and travel writer during the early Joseon Dynasty. He was most well known for the account of his shipwrecked travels in China from February to July 1488, during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
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The hyanggyo of Daegu; the hyanggyo were government-run educational facilities where students were educated for civil service.
Map of the Korean peninsula with Jeju Island located towards the bottom left in the East China Sea
An 1871 photo of a Korean junk ship
A scene from a 12th-century painting by the Song dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan, showing people carried in Chinese litters, the same which Choe and his officers were carried around in while traversing through Zhejiang![The course of the Grand Canal; from Ningbo to Beijing, Choe Bu's escort party traveled a total distance of 2,340 km (1,450 mi) in 49 days of travel.[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Grand-Canal.png/500px-Grand-Canal.png)
The course of the Grand Canal; from Ningbo to Beijing, Choe Bu's escort party traveled a total distance of 2,340 km (1,450 mi) in 49 days of travel.[15]
The Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, built by 1165 during the Song dynasty
The Precious Belt Bridge of Suzhou, built in 1446 during the Ming dynasty
Grand Canal section of modern Jining, ShandongWriters born in the 1450s 6
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Choe Bu was a Korean diarist, historian, politician, and travel writer during the early Joseon Dynasty. He was most well known for the account of his shipwrecked travels in China from February to July 1488, during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). He was eventually banished from the Joseon court in 1498 and executed in 1504 during two political purges. However, in 1506 he was exonerated and given posthumous honors by the Joseon court.
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