Ch'oe Ŏn-wi (868–944) was a

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civil minister and calligrapher from the Gyeongju Ch'oe clan during the end of

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

and the next ruling state,

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korea, Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392. Goryeo achieved what has b ...

. He was referred to as one of "the three Ch'oes" along with Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn, a renowned scholar, and Ch'oe Sŭng-u. In 885, he went to Tang

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to study, and passed a civil examination there. Ch'oe, however, returned to Korea 909. After Silla was collapsed and integrated into Goryeo, he served as the titles of Taeja sabu, and Munhan and others. His calligraphic works include ''Nangwon Daesa Ojintapbimyeong'' (朗圓大師悟眞塔碑銘) and the epitaph on the

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for Master Jinghyo at Heungnyeongsa temple in

Yeongwol Yeongwol County () is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. In Korea, it is known as the place where King Danjong, the sixth king of the Joseon Dynasty, was exiled when he was forced to abdicate by his uncle, who became Sejo of Joseon. It i ...

.(in Korean
최언위 崔彦撝
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