{{Short description|Korean politician (1471–1527)}} {{more footnotes needed| date = February 2014}}
{{family name hatnote|Nam|lang=Korean}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nam Kon<br />{{nobold|남곤}} |image= |caption=
| office = Chief State Councillor | term_start = May 3, 1523 | term_end = April 10, 1527 | predecessor = Kim Chŏn | successor = Chŏng Kwangp'il
| office1 = Left State Councillor | term_start1 = January 7, 1520 | term_end1 = May 3, 1523 | predecessor1 = An Tang | successor1 = Yi Yuch'ŏng
| birth_date = 1471 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1527|3|10|1471}} | death_place = | country = Joseon | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes |hangul=%남곤 |hanja=南袞 |hangulja=%_사화 |hanjaja=士華 |hangulho=%_지정%, %_지족당%, %_지족 |hanjaho=止亭, 知足堂, 知足 |hangulph=%_문경 |hanjaph=文敬 }} }} '''Nam Kon''' ({{Korean|hangul=남곤|hanja=南袞}}; 1471{{spaced ndash}}10 March 1527) was a Korean politician, poet, Neo-Confucian scholar, thinker, writer and Prime Minister during the Joseon period. His art names were Chijŏng ({{Korean|hangul=지정|hanja=止亭|labels=no}}), Chijoktang ({{Korean|hangul=지족당|hanja=知足堂|labels=no}}) and Chijok ({{Korean|hangul=지족|hanja=知足|labels=no}}), while his courtesy name was Sahwa ({{Korean|hangul=사화|hanja=士華|labels=no}}). He was also a member of the Sarim faction.
== Biography == Nam was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yŏngnam school and student of Kim Chong-jik. He was the Joseon Dynasty's Left State Councillor until 1520, and then Chief State Councillor from 1523 to 1527. Nam Kon studied under Neo-Confucian scholar Kim Chong-jik. He was an ideological and political rival of Cho Kwangjo. Cho studied under his friend {{ill|Kim Koengp'il|ko|김굉필}}.
==Works== * ''Chijŏng chip'' ({{Korean|hangul=지정집|hanja=止亭集|labels=no}}) * ''Yu Chagwang chŏn'' ({{Korean|hangul=유자광전|hanja=柳子光傳|labels=no}}) * ''Namakch'angsurok'' ({{Korean|hangul=남악창수록|hanja=南岳唱酬錄|labels=no}}) ==Family== '''Parents''' *Father: Nam Ch'isin ({{Korean|hangul=남치신|labels=no}}; 1420–?) *Mother: Lady Ha of the Jinju Ha clan ({{Korean|hangul=증 정경부인 진주 하씨|labels=no}}) '''Sibling(s)''' * Older brother: Nam P'o ({{Korean|hangul=남포|hanja=南褒|labels=no}}; 1459–?) '''Wives and their children''' *Lady Yi of the Yonan Yi clan ({{Korean|hangul=정경부인 연안 이씨|labels=no}}); daughter of Yi Seung ({{Korean|hangul=숙천부사 이세웅|hanja=李世雄|labels=no}}) **1st daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}}) **2nd daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}}; 1492–?) **3rd daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}}) *Unnamed concubine **4th daughter: Lady Nam of the Uiryeong Nam clan ({{Korean|hangul=의령 남씨|labels=no}}) **1st son: Nam Sŭngsa ({{Korean|hangul=남승사|hanja=南承嗣|labels=no}}) *Concubine: Lady Choun ({{Korean|hangul=조운|labels=no}}) – a ''kisaeng''
==See also== *List of Korean philosophers *Neo-Confucianism *Kim Chong-jik *Cho Kwangjo
==References== {{Reflist}}
=== Sources === *{{cite book | last = Kalton | first = Michael | title = To Become a Sage | url = https://archive.org/details/tobecomesagete00yihw | accessdate = 2006-05-14 | year = 1988 | publisher = Columbia University Press | isbn = 0-231-06410-1 | others = Translation from ''Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning'' by Yi T'oegye (1501–1570) | url-access = registration }} *[http://407.newsk.com/bbs/bbs.asp?exe=view&group_name=407&idx_num=202 남곤은 밀양인 이였다! - 밀양신문] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327195843/http://407.newsk.com/bbs/bbs.asp?exe=view&group_name=407&idx_num=202 |date=2012-03-27 }} {{in lang|ko}}
==External links== {{wikisource|Author:Nam Gon}}{{Authority control}}
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