Yu Sunjŏng

{{Short description|Korean scholar-official (1459–1513)}}

{{family name hatnote|Yu|lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Yu Sunjŏng

| native_name = 유순정

| native_name_lang = ko

|image= Yu Sun jeong.jpg

|caption=

| office = Chief State Councillor

| term_start = 14 November 1512

| term_end = 26 January 1513

| predecessor = Kim Su-dong

| successor = Sŏng Hŭian

| office1 = Left State Councillor

| term_start1 = 9 November 1509

| term_end1 = 14 November 1512

| predecessor1 = Pak Wŏnjong

| successor1 = Sŏng Hŭian

| office2 = Right State Councillor

| term_start2 = 26 October 1506

| term_end2 = 9 November 1509

| predecessor2 = Pak Wŏnjong

| successor2 = Sŏng Hŭian

| birth_date = 1459

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1513|1|26|1459}}

| death_place =

| country = Joseon

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto

| hangul = %유순정%; %류순정

| hangulref = {{efn|name=fn1|The hanja character 柳 can be read as both Yu ({{Korean|유|labels=no}}) or Ryu ({{Korean|류|labels=no}}).}}

| hanja = 柳順汀

| child = yes}}

}}

Yu Sunjŏng ({{Korean|hangul=유순정|hanja=柳順汀}}; 1459 – January 26, 1513), also known as Ryu Sunjŏng ({{Korean|hangul=류순정}}){{efn|name=fn1}}, was a Korean scholar-official during the Joseon period. A disciple of Kim Chong-jik,[http://people.aks.ac.kr/front/tabCon/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_6JOa_A1459_1_0008099 Ryu Sunjeong:Korean historical person's information] {{in lang|ko}} he was one of three principal leaders (alongside Pak Wŏnjong and Sŏng Hŭian) of the Jungjong coup of 1506 {{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=Edward W. |title=The literati purges: political conflict in early Yi Korea |date=1974 |publisher=East Asian Research Center : distributed by Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0674536185 |page=72}}[http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=122449 Ryu Sunjeong] {{in lang|ko}} together with other Neo-Confucianism philosophers and scholars and became Chief State Councillor of Joseon in 1512. He was a part of the Sarim faction and hailed from the Jinju Yu clan.