Yujeong

Samyeong Daesa 사명대사 / 泗溟大師
Title	bhikṣu
Personal
Born	1544 Joseon
Died	1610
Religion	Buddhism
School	Korean Seon
Korean name
Hangul	사명당
Hanja	泗溟堂 or 四溟堂
Revised Romanization	Samyeongdang
McCune–Reischauer	Samŏngdang
Art name
Hangul	송운 or 종봉
Hanja	松雲 or 鍾峯
Revised Romanization	Songun or Jongbong
McCune–Reischauer	Songun or Chongbong
Birth name
Hangul	임응규
Revised Romanization	Im Eung-gyu
McCune–Reischauer	Im Ŭnggyu
Courtesy name
Hangul	임이환
Hanja	離幻
Revised Romanization	Ihwan
McCune–Reischauer	Ihwan
Dharma name
Hangul	유정
Hanja	惟政
Revised Romanization	Yujeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yuchŏng
Posthumous name
Hangul	자통홍제존자
Hanja	慈通弘濟尊者
Revised Romanization	Jatong hongjejonsa
McCune–Reischauer	Chat'ong hongjejonsa

Samyeongdang (1544–1610), also known by his dharma name Yujeong, was a Korean Buddhist monk during the Joseon era. He is sometimes identified by his art name, Song-un. He was born to a family of the Im clan in Miryang, Gyeongsang Province. After the deaths of his mother in 1558 and his father in 1559, he became a monk at Jikjisa on Hwangaksan in Gimcheon.