Choe Seungno
Choi Seungno or Choi Seung-ro (; 927 – 17 June 989 was a politician, Confucian scholar, poet, and literary writer in the early Goryeo dynasty. He came from the Gyeongju Choe clan, one of the third class noble families of Silla. He was famous for dedicating 28 duties to King Seongjong, most of which were accepted and a became an important basis for state affairs such as Goryeo's political system and local government. Life. Choi Seungno was born in Gyeongju. He was the son of Silla noble Choi Eunham. Since the age of 12, he had been highly  praised by Taejo of Goryeo. He spread Confucianism widely in Korea and set up the basic political structure of Goryeo at the era of Seongjong. According to his Choi, Seongjong accepted the ruling system of Later Zhou of China and threw away its traditional ruling system. Seongjong installed 12 provincial capitals and 3 small capitals which were Seoul, Gyeongju and Pyongyang. In 988, he was titled marquis of Chungha. Poetry. He composed "a significant corpus of poems".