Uam Hermitage Song Si-yeol House Site

Carved on the face of a natural rock is the inscription "Jeungjubyeongnip" (曾朱壁立), written in the hand of Song Si-yeol, whose pen name was Uam. This is the site of Uam's former house, and a stone marker inscribed "Uam-gugi" ("Uam's Old Site") also survives here. Uam was a Joseon-period Confucian scholar who devoted his life to the study of Neo-Confucianism and carried on the scholarship of Yi I (Yulgok). He became tutor to King Hyojong while Hyojong was still crown prince, and later took an active part when King Hyojong planned a campaign against Qing. The inscription carved into the rock expresses Uam's firm resolve to carry on and put into practice the thought of Zengzi and Zhu Xi.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산