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- ^ James T. Bretzke (2001). Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy. Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 0773473181.
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Jeong Yak-jong | |
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| Martyr | |
| Born | 1760 Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
| Died | 8 April 1801 (aged 41) Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Beatified | 16 August 2014, Seoul, South Korea by Pope Francis |
| Feast | 20 September |
| Jeong Yak-jong | |
| Hangul | 정약종 아우구스티노 |
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| Hanja | 丁若鍾 아우구스티노 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Yak-jong Auguseutino |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Yakchong Augusŭt'ino |
Jeong Yak-jong (1760 – 8 April 1801), also known as Augustine Chong, was a Korean Catholic martyr who contributed greatly to the spread of Catholicism in Korea. He was the older brother of Jeong Yak-yong and the father of Paul Chong Hasang.
He wrote the first Catholic catechism using only Korean letters so that he could reach out to the common people as well as the nobles who were the only ones in Korean society who could read Chinese characters. He was first converted to Catholicism himself by the Chinese priest Chou Wen-Mu.[1][2]