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Bak Paeng-nyeon

Jiphyeonjeon scholar executed as one of the Six Martyred Ministers for plotting with Seong Sam-mun to restore Danjong

He studied at the Jiphyeonjeon under Sejong alongside Seong Sam-mun. In 1456, with Seong Sam-mun, Ha Wi-ji, Yi Gae, Yu Seong-won and Yu Eung-bu, he planned to kill Sejo at a banquet for Ming envoys, but Kim Jil betrayed the plot and he died in prison after torture. It is said that as governor of Chungcheong he never wrote "your subject" in his reports to Sejo.

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3 related events

  1. 1
    1420Jiphyeonjeon expandedparticipant

    Sejong turned the Hall of Worthies into a research institute whose scholars produced the Hunminjeongeum commentary and many other works.

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    1447An Gyeon’s Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Landrelated figure

    An Gyeon painted in three days the peach-blossom paradise Prince Anpyeong saw in a dream — a monumental landscape leading from the real world into paradise, masterpiece of early Joseon painting.

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    1456Six Martyred Ministersleader

    Seong Sam-mun, Bak Paeng-nyeon and others were executed for plotting to restore Danjong, who was exiled to Yeongwol and died the next year.

People who appear alongside

  • Seong Sam-mun1418 – 1456

    Hall of Worthies scholar executed for plotting to restore Danjong; one of the Six Martyred Ministers

  • Sejong the Great1397 – 1450

    Fourth king of Joseon, creator of Hangul, patron of science and of the northern frontier

  • Sin Suk-ju1417 – 1475

    Jiphyeonjeon scholar who helped create Hunminjeongeum, wrote the Haedong jegukgi after a mission to Japan, and became Chief State Councillor under Sejo

  • Jeong In-ji1396 – 1478

    Jiphyeonjeon scholar who wrote the preface to the Hunminjeongeum haerye and led the compilation of the Goryeosa

  • Sejo (Grand Prince Suyang)1417 – 1468

    Seized power in the 1453 coup and took the throne from his nephew Danjong

  • Danjong1441 – 1457

    Sixth king of Joseon, deposed by his uncle Sejo and killed in exile at Yeongwol

Themes this person appears in

  • The Course of Korean PaintingAD 450 – 1897

    From Goguryeo tomb murals to Jang Seung-eop — daily life and guardian deities, Goryeo Buddhist painting, early Joseon landscapes, true-view landscapes and genre painting, literati and folk painting