Kim Man-jung was a Korean scholar-official and novelist of the Joseon dynasty, born in 1637 and died in 1692, one of the eminent Neo-Confucian scholars of his period. A member of the yangban elite, he rose to high political office under King Sukjong but was repeatedly exiled amid court factional conflict, and it was during his second exile that he wrote his best-known novel, The Cloud Dream of the Nine, regarded as one of the most prominent works of traditional Korean literature, which explores Buddhist themes of worldly impermanence through the story of a monk who dreams an entire lifetime of worldly success and desire. He also wrote Record of Lady Sa's Journey to the South, a work read as a veiled satirical critique of contemporary court politics.
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Was Kim Man-jung only a novelist?
He was a novelist and politician as well as a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Joseon period.
No. Kim Man-jung was a Korean novelist and politician, and he was also one of the eminent Neo-Confucian scholars of the Joseon period. He lived from 6 March 1637 to 14 June 1692.
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6 March 1637
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6 March 1637
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14 June 1692
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14 June 1692
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Kim Man-jung was a Korean scholar-official and novelist of the Joseon dynasty, born in 1637 and died in 1692, one of the eminent Neo-Confucian scholars of his period.
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Kim Man-jung (Korean: 김만중; Hanja: 金萬重; 6 March 1637-14 June 1692), also romanized as Kim Man-choong, was a Korean novelist and politician.
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