Yerimseowon Confucian Academy, Miryang

This seowon (Confucian academy) was built to honour the scholarship and virtue of Kim Jong-jik and to provide Confucian education for local people. It was constructed in 1567, the twenty-second year of King Myeongjong, and his spirit tablet was enshrined there. After it burned down during the Imjin War, it was rebuilt in 1606, the thirty-ninth year of King Seonjo. In 1634, the twelfth year of King Injo, it was renamed Yerimseowon, and Park Han-ju and Sin Gye-seong were added to those enshrined. In 1680, the sixth year of King Sukjong, it was relocated and rebuilt at its present site. In 1670, the eleventh year of King Hyeonjong, it received a royal charter, granting it official recognition and financial support from the state. During the reign of Emperor Gojong (1863–1907), it was demolished under the order abolishing Confucian academies, but in 1874, the eleventh year of Gojong's reign, a lecture hall was built and named Yerimjae; it was later restored as Yerimseowon and remains so today. The buildings are arranged in the jeonhak-humyo layout, with the educational space at the front and the ritual space at the rear. What remains includes Yukdeoksa, the shrine; the lecture hall used for gatherings and study by Confucian students; Donseonjae and Jikbangjae, used as living quarters; Jeonsacheong, where ritual offerings were prepared; and Dokseoru, a reading pavilion. The academy also holds the woodblocks of Kim Jong-jik's writings, the Ijonnok and the Collected Works of Jeompiljae.

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Where it is

Region

Miryang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산