Bangoseowon Confucian Academy Remains Stele

A yuheobi, or remains stele, is erected to record a person's former traces for later generations; this stele honours the learning and virtue of Jeong Mong-ju (pen name Poeun, 1337–1392), a loyal subject of the late Goryeo period. In 1375, the first year of King U of Goryeo, while holding the post of daesasong, head professor of Seonggyungwan, the National Confucian Academy, Jeong Mong-ju opposed the policy of favouring Yuan China while rejecting Ming China, and as a result was exiled to Eonyang for more than a year. During this time he climbed Bangudae Terrace and left many traces of his stay, including a poem entitled "Reflections on the Double Ninth Festival." Later, local people, in remembrance of him, renamed Bangudae Terrace as "Poeundae." In 1712, the 38th year of King Sukjong, Confucian students of the Eonyang region, in veneration of the three scholars Jeong Mong-ju (Poeun), Yi Eon-jeok (Hoejae), and Jeong Gu (Han-gang), built Bangoseowon Confucian Academy and held rites there. However, in 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong, the academy was closed by order of the Heungseon Daewongun. Afterwards, local Confucian scholars erected, in turn, three steles — the Poeundae Yeongmobi (1885), the Poeundae Sillokbi (1890), and the Bangoseowon Yuheobi Silgi (1901) — which were moved to their present location in 1965.

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Ulju, Ulsan

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산