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{{Short description|Korean buddhist monk (1544–1610)}}
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|hangul=사명당
|hanja=泗溟堂 or 四溟堂
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|hangulgye=유정
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|hangulho=송운 or 종봉
|hanjaho=松雲 or 鍾峯
|rrho=Songun or Jongbong
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|hangulph=자통홍제존자
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'''Samyeongdang''' (1544–1610), also known by his [[dharma name]] '''Yujeong''', was a [[bhikkhu|Korean Buddhist monk]] during the [[Joseon]] era. He is sometimes identified by his [[art name]], '''Song-un.'''  He was born to a family of the [[Im (Korean surname)|Im]] clan in [[Miryang]], [[Gyeongsang Province]]. After the deaths of his mother in 1558 and his father in 1559, he became a monk at [[Jikjisa]] on [[Hwangaksan]] in [[Gimcheon]].
==Life==
In 1561, he passed the ''seon-gwa'', the specialized [[gwageo]] (civil service examinations) for [[bhikkhu|Buddhist monks]]. He corresponded with various scholars of the time including Pak Sa-am, [[Heo Hagok]], and [[Im Baekho]].  In 1575, he was recommended as head of the [[Korean Seon|Seon order]], but refused and instead traveled to [[Myohyangsan]]. There he was instructed by preceptor [[Hyujeong]].  He went on to pass three years at [[Bodeoksa]] on [[Mount Kumgang]], and later traveled through [[Palgongsan]], [[Cheongnyangsan]], and [[Taebaeksan]].
With the start of the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)]] in 1592, Yujeong joined his teacher Hyujeong's [[righteous army]] of monks. After Hyujeong retired due to his age, Yujeong took over the leadership of the army. He led the army into battles at [[Pyongyang]] and [[Uiryeong County]] in 1592, set up mountain fortresses through Gyeongsang in 1594, and joined in battle again at [[Ulsan]] and [[Suncheon]].
In 1604, after the end of the war, he traveled to Japan on [[Seonjo of Joseon]]'s orders to forge a peace accord with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], and returned with 3500 Koreans who had been taken prisoner. Yujeong's diplomatic missions established a resilient foundation for a series of major Joseon missions to Japan.<ref>{{in lang|ko}} [http://enc.daum.net/dic100/contents.do?query1=b17a1705a "Yu Jeong", ''Encyclopædia Britannica Korean Edition'']</ref>
After his death in 1610 on [[Haeinsa]], Yujeong was enshrined in the [[Pyochung Seowon]] in [[Miryang]] and at [[Suchungsa]] in [[Nyongbyon County|Nyongbyon]].  He continues to be remembered in modern times, with numerous statues and other memorials around Korea. He has been cited together with [[Hyujeong]] as an example of a "patriotic-minded" Buddhist by the North Korean Buddhist Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcckp.net/en/event/2005-06-15/article.php?9|title=For the Building of an Elysium|work=KCCKP.net|year=2005|access-date=2006-09-27}}</ref> Yujeong's writings are preserved in the ''Samyeongjip'' ({{korean|hangul=사명대사집|hanja=四溟大師集}}) and ''Bunchungseo Nallok'' ({{korean|hangul=분충서난록|hanja=奮忠紓難錄}}).
==See also==
* [[List of Joseon Dynasty people]]
* [[Military history of Korea]]
==Notes==
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==References==
* Kang, Jae-eun and Suzanne Lee. (2006). ''The Land of Scholars : Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism.'' Paramus, New Jersey: Homa & Sekey Books. {{ISBN|978-1-931907-37-8}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60931394?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 60931394]
* Walker, Brett L. [https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/609/1/V10N2Walker.pdf  "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay,"] ''Early Modern Japan.'' Fall, 2002, pp.&nbsp;44–62, 124-128.
*{{cite book|title=새國史事典|year=1983|author=Yi Hong-jik (이홍직) ed.|publisher=Kyohaksa|location=Seoul|chapter=유정|pages=914–915}}
==External links==
*{{in lang|ko}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20061004060228/http://samyungdang.or.kr/ Samyeongdang Memorial Association]
*{{in lang|ko}} [http://kdaq.empas.com/koreandb/history/kpeople/person_view.html?n=10879 Empas entry]
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