Born into the presitigous noble family of Choe, as the fifth descendant of Choe Yoo chung, the Grand Scholar of Jibheyonjeon, the royal Academy ko:집현전, and the son of Choe Won Jik, he was raised in a strict austere lifestyle, befitting a noble aristocratic family of Korea. He paid little heed to his own clothes and meals, and eschewed fine garments or other comforts even when he became famous and could easily have enjoyed them. He disliked men who desired expensive articles, and he viewed simplicity as a virtue. His motto, left to him by his father, Choe won Jik was "View and treat gold as if they were a mere rocks".
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| - Born into the presitigous noble family of Choe, as the fifth descendant of Choe Yoo chung, the Grand Scholar of Jibheyonjeon, the royal Academy ko:집현전, and the son of Choe Won Jik, he was raised in a strict austere lifestyle, befitting a noble aristocratic family of Korea. He paid little heed to his own clothes and meals, and eschewed fine garments or other comforts even when he became famous and could easily have enjoyed them. He disliked men who desired expensive articles, and he viewed simplicity as a virtue. His motto, left to him by his father, Choe won Jik was "View and treat gold as if they were a mere rocks".
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| - Born into the presitigous noble family of Choe, as the fifth descendant of Choe Yoo chung, the Grand Scholar of Jibheyonjeon, the royal Academy ko:집현전, and the son of Choe Won Jik, he was raised in a strict austere lifestyle, befitting a noble aristocratic family of Korea. He paid little heed to his own clothes and meals, and eschewed fine garments or other comforts even when he became famous and could easily have enjoyed them. He disliked men who desired expensive articles, and he viewed simplicity as a virtue. His motto, left to him by his father, Choe won Jik was "View and treat gold as if they were a mere rocks".
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