Jeong Dae-nyeon Spirit-path Stele

This stele was erected in 1640, the eighteenth year of King Injo, to commemorate the achievements of Jeong Dae-nyeon (1507–1578), a civil official who served under King Seonjo of Joseon. His clan seat was Dongnae and his pen name was Saam. Acting on royal command, he investigated the case against the powerful official Yun Won-hyeong with unbending integrity and won great renown for it, and he was also highly regarded as a cheongbaengni, an official celebrated for incorruptibility. The spirit-path stele stands inside a stele pavilion within the precinct of Hyeongnimsa, the shrine of the Dongnae Jeong clan, at the foot of the tomb site. It is in the bangbu-isu style, with the inscribed stele body set on a square base and topped with an isu, a capstone carved with a hornless dragon. On the front of the capstone, two dragons are carved with vivid, intricate realism, contending with each other for a single wish-fulfilling jewel, while the base is decorated with an inverted lotus-petal design and scrolling vine patterns. The inscription was composed by No Su-sin, the calligraphy was written by O Jun, and the seal-script title was written by Kim Gwang-hyeon. On the back of the stele body is a postscript recording the process of the stele's erection and an account of his descendants, composed by his great-grandson Jeong Yang-pil and written in calligraphy by Yu Si-yeong. Although No Su-sin's text was ready to be erected as soon as it was completed, the erection was delayed on account of the Imjin War, the Japanese invasions of Korea.

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Where it is

Region

Yeoju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산