The Gyeogam Yurok (Korean: 격암유록, Hanja: 格菴遺錄), also known as the Namsago Prophecy (Korean: 남사고 예언서, Hanja: 南師古豫言書), is a book with prophecies attributed to Joseon scholar Nam Sago (1509–1571) who styled himself "Gyeogam".
Nam Sago (남사고, 南師古, 1509–1571) was a scholar of the Joseon period of Korea,[1] who was styled Gyeogam.
He is said to have mastered (通達) Occult_sciences (易學), feng shui (風水), astronomy (天文), fortune-telling (卜筮) and face-reading (相法).
[3] In 1977, Lee Do-eun[clarification needed] donated a book titled Gyeogam Yurok (Korean: 격암유록) containing a set of prophecies attributed to Nam Sago.
In 1995, Kim Hawon criticized the book as a forgery; many of its elements have been branded as anachronisms.