Jeong Hu-gyeom was born in 1749 as the second son of Jeong Seok-dal (a fisherman and 4th cousin of Jeong Chi-dal, Princess Hwawan's husband) and Lady Yi of the
Jeonju Yi clan. When he was a child, he was Crown Prince Yi San's study partner at the Confucian Academy. In his teens he studied in
Qing China and as an adult he was very successful. He became a key member of the
No-ron Faction and also part of the plot to destroy Yi San (
Jeongjo). When the participants were punished, he was exiled to
Kyongwon County in
Hamgyong Province and put to death by poison. ==In popular culture==