Hakgyu Name Plaque of Yongsanseowon Confucian Academy

In 1705, the thirty-first year of King Sukjong of Joseon, Yi Se-pil, while serving as magistrate of Samcheok, founded Yongsanseowon Confucian Academy to promote learning in Samcheok. He drew up twenty-one school regulations (hakgyu), wrote them out in his own hand, and had them carved onto this plaque, which corresponds to today's school rules. This name plaque is made of linden wood and measures 156cm wide and 48cm high. Yongsanseowon was later closed in 1865, the fifth year of Emperor Gojong's reign, owing to the Daewongun's order abolishing seowon academies, but in 1966 local Confucian scholars, regarding it as an academy of long and distinguished tradition, rebuilt it as the present building. The text on this plaque is written in haeja (楷字), the most upright and formal style of script, carved in intaglio, and it was hung on the door so that students could observe it; its title is 'Hakgyu' (學規, School Regulations). This differs from the fixed regulations of the hyanggyo, the state-run local schools, and clearly shows the character of the seowon as a private academy, making it an important material for the study of seowon.

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Where it is

Region

Donghae, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산