Jeong Duwon

Jeong Duwon (b. 1581), juga dikenal sebagai Chong Tuwon,^[1] adalah seorang mandarin dan diplomat Korea. Kesempatannya bertemu dengan seorang anggota misi Tiongkok Yesuit yang murah hati sangat memperluas pengetahuan bangsa Korea mengenai ilmu pengetahuan barat, teknologi, pengetahuan geografi, dan budaya berabad-abad sebelum Korea membuka perbatasannya bagi pengunjung sebenarnya dari luar negeri.

Kehidupan

During a diplomatic mission to the Ming in Beijing in early 1631,^[2] Jeong stopped at Dengzhou (now Penglai) on the northern coast of Shandong.^[a]

^ This meeting is sometimes erroneously reported as having occurred in Beijing or Nanjing (as in Hulbert).^[3]

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