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Sin Saimdang

Sin Saimdang (신사임당; 申師任堂; 1504-1551) was a Korean artist and calligraphist, and the mother of the Confucian scholar Yulgok. She is often held up as a model of Confucian ideals. Her respectful nickname was Eojin Eomeoni (어진 어머니; "Kind Mother").