Seong Hon
| Seong Hon | |
| Hangul | 성혼 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seong Hon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏng Hon |
| Pen name | |
| Hangul | 우계, 묵암 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ugye, Mugam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ugye, Mukam |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 호원 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Howon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Howŏn |
| Posthumous name | |
| Hangul | 문간 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Mungan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mun'gan |
Seong Hon (1535 – 1598) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon Dynasty. He was a Neo-Confucianist scholar who was a close friend of the scholar Yi I (Yulgok) and an older contemporary of Yi Hwang (Toegye), leader of the country's "western faction" (seoin 서인, 西人) of the period.[1]
Seong Hon is often referred to by his stylized name of Ugye ("bull valley") and Mugam ("black stone"). He gained eminence not only as a scholar but as a revered politician and reformer, attaining the position of Fourth State Councillor/Vice Prime Minister (Jwachanseong 左贊成) in the Joseon State Council (uijeongbu).[2]
Selected works
- "Ugye jip" (우계집, 牛溪集) (Works of Ugye)
- "Jumun jigyeol" (주문지결, 朱門旨訣)
- "Wihak jibang" (위학지방, 爲學之方)
Father
He was the great-grandfather of Yun Jeung through his daughter, Lady Seong, who married Yun Hwang and produced a son, Yun Seon-geo, father of Yun Jeung.
See also
References
- ^ Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Korea Journal. Winter 2003.
- ^ (in Korean) Seong Hon at Doosan Encyclopedia
External links
- Seong Hon:naver (in Korean)
- Seong Hon (in Korean)
- seong hon (in Korean)
- Korean philosophy: Information from Answers (in Korean)
- The Study on Moral Philosophy the Theory of Body and Mind Training of Gubong Song Ik-pil (in Korean)
- Ugye Sung Hon`s viewpoint on the "Four-Seven" theory and the Eclectic School of the later Chosun (in Korean)
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