Jo Gwang-jo

Timeline

1. 1510–1515Hanseong · Joseon dynastyAfter the Mu-o purge he followed his father to Heukcheon to study under Kim Hong-bi, inheriting the scholarly lineage of Kim Jong-jik. In 1510 he placed first in the Sama examination and entered the Seonggyungwan. In 1515, recommended by Seonggyungwan scholars and Minister of Personnel Ahn Tang, he first served as sija of the Papermaking Office, and that autumn passed the special civil service examination.
2. 1515–1518Hanseong · Joseon dynastyAfter passing the examination he served successively as jeonmok, gamcha, yesa jwarang and gyori, and in 1518 as deputy jihak, vigorously advocating abolition of the Gyeokgeon Office; that November he was promoted to daesaham, first establishing the Hyeonryang examination to recruit young Sarim. His office was daesaham, not Minister of Personnel.
3. 1519Hanseong · Joseon dynastyIn 1519 he vigorously advocated deleting the false meritorious titles of the Jingguk retainers, and about three-quarters of them were struck. Nam Gon, Sim Jeon, Hong Gyeong-ju and others framed him with the slogan 'Zou-xiao wei wang.' Jo Gwang-jo was first exiled to Nengzhou and ordered to die in December of that year. This event is called the Gimyo purge, not the Gyeongja purge, and there was no 'saengmyeongeun' case.