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Portrait of Choe Je-u
Korean name
Hangul	최제우
Hanja	崔濟愚
Revised Romanization	Choe Je-u
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Che-u
Art name
Hangul	수운
Hanja	水雲
Revised Romanization	Su-un
McCune–Reischauer	Su-un

Choe Je-u, who used the pen name Su-un (18 December 1824 – 15 April 1864), was the founder of Donghak,Kim and Yoon 2007 p55-57. ^[1] religious movement which was empathetic to the hardships of the minjung (the marginalized people of Korea), opposed Catholicism and its association with western imperialism and offered an alternative to orthodox Neo-Confucianism. The latter was the ideology of the Joseon Dynasty government; it supported the status quo; and was ineffective in stemming abuses by local officials and the spread of Catholicism. Ahn p 44-47^[2] He combined Korean shamanism, Daoism, Buddhism and spiritual Neo-Confucianism in an “original school of thought”. Park 2016 p82.^[3] He did not have a concrete nationalistic or anti-feudal agenda, Kallander 2013 pXX^[4] rather: “His vision was religious, and his mission was to remind his countrymen that strength lay in reviving traditional values.” Susan Shin 1979 p18.^[5] Nevertheless, Joseon authorities confused his teachings with Catholicism; Kallander 2013 p81^[6] and he was executed in 1864 for allegedly preaching heretical and dangerous teachings. Kim and Yoon 2007 p56. ^[7]

His birth-name was Choe Je-seon ("save and proclaim"). During his childhood, he was also called Bok-sul ("blissfully happy"). He took the name Je-u ("saviour of the ignorant") in 1859. His disciples called him Su-un ("water cloud"), which was the name he used for his writings, and also called him Daesinsa, the great teacher. Beirne 2019 P 5. ^[8] The pen name Su-un is used hereafter.