Seong Hon
Hangul
성혼
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeong Hon
McCune–ReischauerSŏng Hon
Art name
Hangul
우계, 묵암
Hanja
Revised RomanizationUgye, Mugam
McCune–ReischauerUgye, Mukam
Courtesy name
Hangul
호원
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHowon
McCune–ReischauerHowŏn
Posthumous name
Hangul
문간
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMungan
McCune–ReischauerMun'gan

Seong Hon (25 June 1535 – 6 June 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] Seong Hon came from the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨, 昌寧 成氏).

Selected works

Family

He was the great-grandfather of Yun Jeung through the marriage of his daughter, Lady Seong. She married Yun Hwang and produced a son, Yun Seon-geo, who eventually became the parents of Yun Jeung.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ (in Korean) Seong Hon at Doosan Encyclopedia

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