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Seol Chong | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Seol Chong | | colspan="2" | Korean Name | | width="150" | Revised Romanization | width="150" | Seol Ch'ong | | width="150" | McCune-Reischauer | width="150" | Sŏl Chong | | width="150" | Hangul | width="150" | 설총 | | width="150" | Hanja | width="150" | 薛聰 | Seol Chong (fl. early 8th century) was a leading scholar of Unified Silla. He studied Confucian writings and the related Chinese classics. He is also known by the alias "Chongji" (총지/聰智), and by his pen name "Bingwoldang" (빙월당/氷月堂). Seol was the son of the Buddhist leader Wonhyo and the Silla princess Yoseok, who was the daughter of King Muyeol. He held the sixth head-rank in the Silla bone rank system. An account of his life is found in the Samguk Sagi, Yeoljeon 6; his achievements are also mentioned in the Samguk Yusa's (vol. 5) account of Wonhyo. Seol Chong is best remembered for regularizing the idu script and gugyeol script, which were the first systems for representing the Korean language in Chinese characters. The idu script had been in use before, but had lacked rigorous principles. He is also credited with composing a short parable, The Warning of the Flower King, (화왕계/花王戒) for King Sinmun of Silla, early in Seol's life. This parable is either repeated or paraphrased in the Samguk Sagi, and influenced some later writers in the Joseon period. A typically Confucian text, it criticizes monarchs for seeking pleasure rather than behaving properly. Seol Chong is sometimes regarded as the progenitor of the Gyeongju Seol lineage. However, opinions on this differ, since the Seol family name is found back as far as the foundation of Silla. See also
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