- Yi Eon-jeok
Infobox Korean name
hangul=이언적
hanja=李彦迪
rr=Yi Eon-jeok
mr=Yi Ǒn-jŏk
hangulja=복고
hanjaja=復古
rrja=Bok-go
mrja=Pok-ko
hangulho=회재, 자계옹
hanjaho=晦齋, 紫溪翁
rrho=Hoejae, Jagye-ong
mrho=Hoejae, ChagyeongYi Eon-jeok (1491 – 1553), sometimes known by his pen name Hoejae, was a public official and intellectual of the middle
Joseon Dynasty . He was born and died inGyeongju , then the capital ofGyeongsang province. Like most intellectuals from Gyeongsang in this period, he was a member of theSarim faction. He contributed to the polarity-nonpolarity ("mugeuk"-"taegeuk") debate in classicalKorean Confucianism .A scion of the Yeoju Yi clan, he passed the literary section of the
gwageo in 1514 and entered government service. He was twice expelled from service and then re-hired due to factional strife. He spent the intervening periods teaching onJaok Mountain in Gyeongju. After his death, theOksan Seowon was erected on Jaok Mountain to venerate his memory. It still stands today in Angang-eup, Gyeongju City,North Gyeongsang ,South Korea .ee also
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Korean philosophy
*List of Korea-related topics
*History of Korea
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