Jeong Yak-yong Quotes

Korean scholar and philosopher (1762 - 1836)

Jeong Yak-yong (5 August 1762 - 7 April 1836), often simply known as ‘Dasan’ (茶山, one of his ‘ho’ / pen-names meaning ‘the mountain of tea’) was a thinker of the later Joseon period.

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Alternative Names: Kwinong (cha) • Sammi (ho) • Songbo (cha) • Chŏng Yag-yong • Tasan (ho) • Yoyudang (ho) • Saam (ho) • Miyong (cha) • Yŏllo (ho) • Jeong Yakyong • Dasan • Jung Ruo-yong

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夫天子何爲而有也。將天雨天子而立之乎。抑涌出地爲天子乎。五家爲鄰。推長於五者爲隣長。五鄰爲里。推長於五者爲里長。五鄙爲縣。推長於五者爲縣長。諸縣長之所共推者爲諸侯。諸侯之所共推者爲天子。天子者。衆推之而成者也。