Jeong Do-jeon

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Jeong Dojeon 정도전
Chief State Councillor
In office 26 August 1392 – 26 September 1398
Preceded by	Bae Geuk-ryeom
Succeeded by	Yi Seo
Personal details
Born	October 6, 1342 Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, Goryeo
Died	October 6, 1398(1398-10-06) (aged 56) Hanseungbu, Joseon
Spouse	Princess Gyeongsuk
Children	Jeong Jin Jeong Yeong Jeong Yu
Parent(s)	Jeong Woon-gyeong (Father) Lady Woo of Yeongju Woo clan (Mother)
Korean name
Hangul	정도전
Hanja	鄭道傳
Revised Romanization	Jeong Dojeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Tojŏn
Art name
Hangul	삼봉
Hanja	三峰
Revised Romanization	Sambong
McCune–Reischauer	Sambong
Courtesy name
Hangul	종지
Hanja	宗之
Revised Romanization	Chongji
McCune–Reischauer	Jongji
Posthumous name
Hangul	문헌
Hanja	文憲
Revised Romanization	Munheon
McCune–Reischauer	Munhŏn

Jeong Do-jeon (Korean: 정도전; October 6, 1342 – October 6, 1398), also known by his art name Sambong (삼봉), was a prominent Korean scholar-official during the late Goryeo to the early Joseon periods. He served as the first Chief State Councillor of Joseon, from 1392 until 1398 when he was killed by the Joseon king Yi Bang-won. Jeong Dojeon was an adviser to the Joseon founder Yi Seong-gye and also the principal architect of the Joseon dynasty's policies, laying down the kingdom's ideological, institutional, and legal frameworks which would govern it for five centuries.^[1]