Jo Heon

Jo Heon
Hangul
조헌
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJo Heon
McCune–ReischauerCho Hŏn
Art name
Hangul
중봉 or 도원 or 후율
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJungbong or Dowon or Huyul
McCune–ReischauerChungbong or Towŏn or Huyul
Courtesy name
Hangul
여식
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeosik
McCune–ReischauerYŏsik
Posthumous name
Hangul
문열
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMunyeol
McCune–ReischauerMunyŏl

Jo Heon (Korean조헌; Hanja趙憲, 1544 – 1592) was a Joseon official and militia leader[1][2] in Korea at the time of the Imjin war.[3] He believed that Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi posed a threat to Korean security, but his warnings were not heeded. When war broke out in 1592, he raised a volunteer militia to resist the Japanese invaders. He was killed during the second battle of Geumsan in 1592.[4]