Mujinjeong Pavilion, Haman

Jo Sam built this pavilion with his own hands on its present site to train younger scholars and spend the rest of his life, naming it Mujinjeong after his pen name, Mujin. Master Mujin was born in 1473, the fourth year of King Seongjong, passed the jinsa examination in 1489, the twentieth year of King Seongjong, and passed the higher civil service examination in 1507, the second year of King Jungjong. He served as busa and moksa (provincial magistrate) of Hamyang, Changwon, Daegu, Seongju and Sangju, and in the capital held the post of Jibui at the Saheonbu (Office of the Inspector-General) while concurrently serving as Pyeonsugwan (compiler) at the Chunchugwan (Office of Annals Compilation). The building is three bays wide across the front and two bays deep, with a hipped-and-gabled roof (paljak) whose sides resemble the shape of the character 八, meaning "eight". The centre bay at the front is fitted out as a wooden-floored room rather than an underfloor-heated room, and the entire floor of the pavilion is raised above the ground in the elevated-floor (numaru) style. With no ornament or carving on the columns, it is, overall, a simple and unadorned building that well illustrates the pavilion style of the early Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Haman, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산