Jo Jeong-man Tomb

This is the tomb of Jo Jeong-man (1658–1739), a scholar-official of the late Joseon period. His clan seat was Imcheon, his courtesy name was Jeong-i, and his pen name was Ojae. His father, Gyeong-mang, served as magistrate of Hapcheon, and his mother was of the Jinju Yu clan, a daughter of Yu Sik. He studied under Song Jun-gil and, in 1681, the seventh year of King Sukjong, placed first in the jinsa licentiate examination before entering Seonggyungwan, the state Confucian academy. The following year, when Yun Jeung turned against his teacher Song Si-yeol, Jo became the leading signatory of a memorial by the Seonggyungwan students denouncing the act. In 1694 he was appointed an official of Uigeumbu, the state tribunal, and went on to serve as a section chief in the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Taxation, as a deputy magistrate at Jeyonggam and Gunjagam, and as head of Jangagwon, the office of court music. Through a succession of posts he eventually rose to the senior offices of Jeongheon-daebu and Jijungchubu-sa. He was thoroughly versed in the Confucian classics, the histories and the writings of the various philosophical schools, and was also accomplished in poetry and calligraphy. His writings are collected in the Ojaejip. His tomb, now in Dorim-dong, is furnished with a gravestone and stone civil-official figures. Nearby stands a spirit road stele — a stele set up beside the path near a tomb to commemorate the lifetime achievements of a king or high official — 3.5 metres high and 1 metre wide, composed by Yi Ui-hyeon and inscribed by Kim Jin-sang.

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Where it is

Region

Namdong-gu, Incheon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물