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Choe Chiwon

Born in 857 / Died in 900 / North Korea / Chinese

Choe Chiwon poet from North Korea was born in 857, had 43 years and died in 900. Poems were written mainly in Chinese language. Dominant movement is other.

Biography

Choe Chiwon (857-10th century) was a noted Korean Confucian official, philosopher, and poet of the late Unified Silla period (668-935). He studied for many years in Tang China, passed the Tang imperial examination, and rose to high office there before returning to Silla, where he made ultimately futile attempts to reform the governmental apparatus of a declining Silla state. In his final years he turned more towards Buddhism and became a hermit scholar residing in and around Korea's Haeinsa temple.. Korean