Chungnyeolseowon Confucian Academy

Chungnyeolseowon began as Chungnyeolsa Shrine, founded in the ninth year of King Seonjo (1576) when local Confucian scholars joined together to honour the scholarship, virtue and unwavering loyalty of Jeong Mong-ju (1337–1392) and Jo Gwang-jo (1482–1520). Chungnyeolsa was first built at Jukjeon, a site midway between the graves of the two men. After it burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592–98, Yi Jeong-gu, the governor of Gyeonggi Province, and Jeong Jong-seon, the magistrate of Yongin, among others, began its reconstruction in the 38th year of King Seonjo (1605), relocating it to Mohyeon-eup, where Jeong Mong-ju's grave lies. It was completed in 1608 with a shrine of three bays, east and west study halls of two bays each, and a gate tower of three bays, above which a lecture hall was built. At this time the spirit tablet of Jo Gwang-jo was moved to the newly founded Simgokseowon Confucian Academy. In the year of King Gwanghaegun's accession (1608), it received a royal charter naming it "Chungnyeolseowon" — a saaek, a name plaque bestowed by the king on a shrine or academy. It later also enshrined the spirit tablets of Jeong Mong-ju's grandson Jeong Bo and of Yi Si-jik, a loyal official during the Manchu invasion of 1636. In the eighth year of Emperor Gojong (1871), the academy was torn down under Heungseon Daewongun's order abolishing Confucian academies; the shrine was rebuilt in 1911, the lecture hall restored in 1956, and the whole complex renovated and rebuilt in 1972, bringing it to its present form. In the centre of the shrine are enshrined the spirit tablet and portrait of Jeong Mong-ju, with the spirit tablets of Jeong Bo and Yi Si-jik enshrined to the left and right.

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Where it is

Region

Yongin, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산