Historic Site Related to Yi Seung-hyu in Dutasan Mountain, Samcheok

This is the site where Yi Seung-hyu (1224-1300), an outstanding literary figure and statesman of the Goryeo period known by his pen name Dongan-geosa, gave up his official post, came down to this place, and built a house to live in. Around the thirteenth year of King Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1287), Yi Seung-hyu wrote the Jewang ungi here, one of the most valuable sources in the history of the Korean people. Yi Seung-hyu had struggled to obtain office, and his upright character led to his being demoted several times. He therefore returned to Gudong Village on Dutasan Mountain, his mother's hometown, and there wrote the Jewang ungi, the Naejeollok and the Dongan-geosajip, among other works. The Jewang ungi in particular is an epic poem recounting the history of Korea and of China in seven-syllable and five-syllable verse; it is a valuable source that clarifies the distinctiveness and identity of Korean history and gives systematic form to its line of succession. According to the "Bogwangjeong-gi" chapter of the Dongan-geosajip, Yi Seung-hyu built a hall called Yongandang on the hillside and lived there. To the south of Yongandang he made a well, which he called Pyoeumjeong, and above it he built a pavilion called Bogwangjeong. Below Bogwangjeong he made a pond, which he called Jirakdang. This account was confirmed by excavations carried out in 1998, which uncovered the remains of a temple site and a pond, along with a celadon kiln site.

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Where it is

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Samcheok, Gangwon

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Historic Site · 사적