Ch'oe Sŭng-no (Korean: 최승로; Hanja: 崔承老; 927 – 17 June 989[1] was a politician, Confucian scholar, poet, and literary writer in the early Goryeo dynasty.
He was famous for proposing 28 policies to King Seongjong, most of which were accepted and a became an important basis for state affairs such as Goryeo's political system and local government.
[2] At age of 12, he had been highly praised by Taejo of Goryeo after reading the Analects in front of the royal court.
Later that year, Ch'oe was promoted to the office of Vice-Director of the Chancellery (문하시랑평장사; 門下侍郎平章事; munhasirang p'yŏngjangsa).
[3] He spread Confucianism widely in Korea and set up the basic political structure of Goryeo at the era of Seongjong.