Gim Jeong-hui, known as Kim Jeong-hui, was one of the most celebrated practitioners of calligraphy, epigraphists, and scholars of Korea's later Joseon period.
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13 Facts About Kim Jeong-hui
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Kim Jeong-hui used various Ho: Wandang (??), Chusa (??), Yedang (??), Siam (??), Gwapa (??), Nogwa (??) etc.
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Kim Jeong-hui is especially celebrated for having transformed Korean epigraphy and for having created the “Chusa-che” inspired by his study of ancient Korean and Chinese epitaphs.
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Kim Jeong-hui's mother was a member of the Gigye Yu clan, a daughter of Yu Jun-ju, the governor of Gimhae.
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Kim Jeong-hui is reputed to have been a remarkable calligrapher already as a child.
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Kim Jeong-hui seems to have studied documentary history there especially.
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Kim Jeong-hui pursued research by visiting and studying the inscriptions on ancient stele.
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Kim Jeong-hui was reputed to have taught 3, 000 of them and was seen as the leader of a modernizing trend that developed into the Gaehwapa Enlightenment Party at the end of the 19th century.
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Kim Jeong-hui maintained correspondence on these topics with major scholars in China.
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Kim Jeong-hui was particularly celebrated for having deciphered and identified the stele on Mount Bukhan commemorating a visit by King Jinheung of Silla.
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Kim Jeong-hui is remembered for his outstanding achievements in calligraphy, ink painting, as well as his writings in prose and poetry.
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Kim Jeong-hui was in the habit of devising a special Ho for himself whenever he dedicated a painting of orchids to an acquaintance, so that he became the person of his generation with the most such names.
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