Jeonggangong Yi Myeong Burial Ground

A sindobi is a stele recording the lifetime achievements of a king or senior official, erected to the southeast of his tomb; this particular stele records the achievements of Yi Myeong, a civil official of the mid-Joseon period. Yi Myeong served under King Myeongjong of Joseon as Right and Left State Councillor and as Yeongjungchubusa (chief officer of the Jungchubu, the Office of Ministers-without-Portfolio). He is said to have been upright in character and thoroughly dedicated to his duties, and never to have yielded on a matter he believed to be right. He lived his entire life as a cheongbaekri, an official honoured for incorruptible integrity, and after his death was granted the posthumous title "Jeonggan." The stele consists of a body erected on a square base stone, with the upper two corners of the body rounded off. The upper surface of the base is decorated with a lotus pattern, and each of its four sides is carved in low relief with an ansang, a stylised niche motif. The stele was erected in 1574, the seventh year of King Seonjo; its inscription was composed by Kim Gwi-yeong, who had served as Daejehak (Reader-in-Chief of the Hongmun-gwan) and Right State Councillor, and the calligraphy was written by Sin Chung-gyeom, Minister of War.

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Where it is

Region

Nowon-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산