(b Yangch'on, Kyonggi Province, 1595; d 1682). Korean calligrapher and scholar-painter of the Choson period (1392-1910). He belonged to the group of Korean calligraphers who, in the period immediately following the Japanese invasions of 1592-8 (the Imjin War) under Hideyoshi, attempted to distance themselves from Chinese influence, especially that of Zhao Mengfu, whose style had been dominant since the end of the Koryo period (918-1392; see KOREA,
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