Gunjajeong Pavilion

This is the pavilion where Yi Deok-hong (1541–1596), a disciple of Yi Hwang, the leading figure of the Yeongnam school of Confucian scholars, studied and where he produced many scholarly writings. From about the age of ten Yi Deok-hong became Yi Hwang's student and devoted himself entirely to scholarship. During the Japanese invasions of 1592, he argued for the use of turtle ships at sea and turtle-ship-shaped carts on land. After the war he devoted all his efforts to relieving the people and left behind many writings. Gunjajeong Pavilion was built in 1570, the third year of King Seonjo of Joseon. It has three bays across the front and two bays on the side, and its roof is a hip-and-gable roof, the most ornate roof form, shaped like the character for eight (八). In front of the pavilion is a pond called Gunjadang, and to its west stands Ogye Seowon, a Confucian academy built in 1665, the sixth year of King Hyeonjong, to commemorate Yi Deok-hong's scholarship and virtuous conduct. Gunjajeong Pavilion is a typical pavilion of the Confucian literati of the Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산