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Yuk Yi
1438–1498
A scholar-official of early Joseon, he is remembered for literary writing tied to court life and learned tradition. His name is also associated with the work known as Cheongpa geukdam, which helps keep his place in Korean literary history alive.
1 Audiobook
Korean folk tales : Imps, ghosts and fairies
by Pang Im, Yuk Yi
About the author
Born in 1438 and dead in 1498, Yuk Yi was a Korean official and writer of the early Joseon period. Korean reference sources describe him as a government scholar-official who spent his life in both politics and literature, and record a series of posts he held in the royal bureaucracy.
He is especially linked with Cheongpa geukdam, a work associated with his pen name Cheongpa. That connection has made him of lasting interest to readers of older Korean literature, where officials were often also men of letters.
English-language information about him is quite limited, and even basic details are much easier to confirm in Korean sources than elsewhere. I could not confirm a suitable verified portrait image from the sources I checked, so none is included here.