Documents of Piramseowon Confucian Academy

Piramseowon Confucian Academy was founded in 1590, the 23rd year of King Seonjo of Joseon, and received a royal charter in 1662, the third year of King Hyeonjong. It enshrines the spirit tablets of two scholars, Kim In-hu (1510–1560) and Yang Ja-jing (1523–1594). Kim In-hu was a Confucian scholar and civil official of the mid-Joseon period who passed the state civil service examination in 1540 and entered government service. When the Eulsa Sahwa, a purge of scholar-officials in 1545, broke out, he pleaded illness and did not go to court, returning instead to his hometown of Jangseong. He excelled at poetry and prose, leaving behind more than ten volumes of collected writings, and his theories on Neo-Confucianism hold an important place in the history of Confucian scholarship. The objects designated here total 64 items bound in 14 volumes; rather than having been preserved since the academy's founding, they date from 1624, the second year of King Injo, to around 1900. Among the Documents of Piramseowon Confucian Academy are the Wonjang seonsaengan, recording the academy's successive directors; the Bogangan, listing the instructors responsible for teaching and those who attended lectures; the Mungyean, a list of participants in lecture assemblies; the Seojae yuansseo, a list of Confucian students affiliated with the academy; the Piramseowon wonjeok, recording the academy's property; and the Jangseongbusa hacheop, issued to the academy by the magistrate of Jangseong. These documents make it possible to examine the operation and organisation of Piramseowon, and are extremely valuable material for research into the local education system and the social and economic history of the Joseon period.

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Buk-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

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Treasure · 보물