Joseon · Historical figure
Yi Jiham
The Joseon scholar and official remembered for unusual travels and practical relief work.
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Yi Jiham studies widely and travels among ordinary people. As a magistrate he seeks ways to help the poor support themselves, including an institution for people living by begging.
Legacy
His pen name Tojeong later became associated with Tojeong Bigyeol. That popular connection does not settle the book’s authorship.