Bak So Spirit-path Stele, Hapcheon

A spirit-path stele (sindobi) records the lifetime achievements of a king or a high official and is erected to the southeast of his tomb; this stele records the life of Bak So (1493-1534), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period. Bak So excelled in scholarship: in the fourteenth year of King Jungjong (1519) he came first in the higher civil service examination and entered government service, serving as Vice Section Chief of the Hongmungwan (Office of Special Advisers) and Counsellor of the Saganwon (Office of the Censor-General), among other posts, and after his death was posthumously honoured with the title of Chief State Councillor. The stele was erected in the twenty-third year of King Seonjo (1590), its inscription carved in the calligraphy of Han Seok-bong, the celebrated calligrapher of the age.

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Where it is

Region

Hapcheon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산