Hyŏngnyŏn Chŏng ( Korean: 혁련정; Hanja: 赫連挺) was a Goryeo scholar and court official who is known for writing the Kyunyŏ-jŏn, a biography on the Goryeo monk Kyunyŏ.

Biography

Due to Hyŏngnyŏn Chŏng's non-Korean family name, Hyŏngnyŏn, it is thought that his ancestors were originally nomads, originating from either China or from the Khitans, who later naturalized as Koreans. ^[1] The Hyongnyon family name traced back to the Xiongnu family name Helian, first adopted by Helian Bobo, the founder of Helian Xia. ^[2]

Sometime prior to 1075, Hyongnyon Chong passed the civil service examination and held the title of chinsa. In 1074, after being dissatisfied with an earlier biography on Kyunyŏ written by a scholar named Kang Yu-hyŏn (강유현; 康惟顯), Hyongnyon began work on his own biography on Kyunyŏ. The following year in 1075, he finished his biography of Kyunyŏ, known as the Taehwaŏm sujwa wŏnt'ong yangjung taesa Kyunyŏ-jŏn, often commonly known by the shortened form of Kyunyŏ-jŏn. ^{[2] [3]} In 1100, Hyongnyon was sent to the Liao court as a Goryeo envoy bearing gifts. In November 1105, Hyongnyon was appointed as the Superintendent Examiner of the Scholars of Chang-ak Pavilion (장락전학사; 長樂殿學士; changnakchŏn haksa). ^{[2] [4]}

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