Nam Kon

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Nam Kon
{{nobold|남곤}}

|image=

|caption=

| office = Chief State Councillor

| term_start = May 3, 1523

| term_end = April 10, 1527

| predecessor = Kim Chŏn

| successor = Chŏng Kwangp'il

| office1 = Left State Councillor

| term_start1 = January 7, 1520

| term_end1 = May 3, 1523

| predecessor1 = An Tang

| successor1 = Yi Yuch'ŏng

| birth_date = 1471

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1527|3|10|1471}}

| death_place =

| country = Joseon

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes

|hangul=%남곤

|hanja=南袞

|hangulja=%_사화

|hanjaja=士華

|hangulho=%_지정%, %_지족당%, %_지족

|hanjaho=止亭, 知足堂, 知足

|hangulph=%_문경

|hanjaph=文敬

}}

Nam Kon ({{Korean|hangul=남곤|hanja=南袞}}; 1471{{spaced ndash}}10 March 1527) was a Korean politician, poet, Neo-Confucian scholar, thinker, writer and Prime Minister during the Joseon period. His art names were Chijŏng ({{Korean|hangul=지정|hanja=止亭|labels=no}}), Chijoktang ({{Korean|hangul=지족당|hanja=知足堂|labels=no}}) and Chijok ({{Korean|hangul=지족|hanja=知足|labels=no}}), while his courtesy name was Sahwa ({{Korean|hangul=사화|hanja=士華|labels=no}}). He was also a member of the Sarim faction.

Biography

Nam was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yŏngnam school and student of Kim Chong-jik. He was the Joseon Dynasty's Left State Councillor until 1520, and then Chief State Councillor from 1523 to 1527. Nam Kon studied under Neo-Confucian scholar Kim Chong-jik. He was an ideological and political rival of Cho Kwangjo. Cho studied under his friend {{ill|Kim Koengp'il|ko|김굉필}}.

Works

Chijŏng chip ({{Korean|hangul=지정집|hanja=止亭集|labels=no}})
Yu Chagwang chŏn ({{Korean|hangul=유자광전|hanja=柳子光傳|labels=no}})
Namakch'angsurok ({{Korean|hangul=남악창수록|hanja=南岳唱酬錄|labels=no}})

Family

Parents

Father: Nam Ch'isin ({{Korean|hangul=남치신|labels=no}}; 1420–?)
Mother: Lady Ha of the Jinju Ha clan ({{Korean|hangul=증 정경부인 진주 하씨|labels=no}})

Sibling(s)

Older brother: Nam P'o ({{Korean|hangul=남포|hanja=南褒|labels=no}}; 1459–?)

Wives and their children

Lady Yi of the Yonan Yi clan ({{Korean|hangul=정경부인 연안 이씨|labels=no}}); daughter of Yi Seung ({{Korean|hangul=숙천부사 이세웅|hanja=李世雄|labels=no}})
1st daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}})
2nd daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}}; 1492–?)
3rd daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}})
Unnamed concubine
4th daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}})
1st son: Nam Sŭngsa ({{Korean|hangul=남승사|hanja=南承嗣|labels=no}})
Concubine: Lady Choun ({{Korean|hangul=조운|labels=no}}) – a kisaeng

References

= Sources =

{{cite book | last = Kalton | first = Michael | title = To Become a Sage | url = https://archive.org/details/tobecomesagete00yihw | accessdate = 2006-05-14 | year = 1988 | publisher = Columbia University Press | isbn = 0-231-06410-1 | others = Translation from Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning by Yi T'oegye (1501–1570) | url-access = registration }}
[http://407.newsk.com/bbs/bbs.asp?exe=view&group_name=407&idx_num=202 남곤은 밀양인 이였다! - 밀양신문] {{in lang|ko}}