Ohyeondan Altar

This altar commemorates the Five Worthies (Ohyeon), five scholars who during the Joseon period were either exiled to Jeju Island or posted here as defence commissioner, and who contributed to the development of local education. It stands on the former site of Gyullimseowon, the Confucian academy where their spirit tablets were once enshrined. The Five Worthies are Kim Jeong (pen name Chungam), exiled in 1520, the fifteenth year of King Jungjong; Song In-su (pen name Gyuam), who came as magistrate of Jeju-mok in 1534, the twenty-ninth year of King Jungjong; Kim Sang-heon (pen name Cheongeum), who arrived as pacification commissioner in 1601, the thirty-fourth year of King Seonjo; Jeong On (pen name Donggye), exiled in 1614, the sixth year of King Gwanghaegun; and Song Si-yeol (pen name Uam), exiled in 1689, the fifteenth year of King Sukjong. In 1892, the twenty-ninth year of Emperor Gojong, Kim Ui-jeong, a native of Jeju, led local residents in erecting a stele and building this altar. Its origins go back to 1578, the eleventh year of King Seonjo, when Magistrate Im Jin held office and Deputy Magistrate Jo In-jun built Chungam-myo, a shrine east of Garakcheon Stream, to honour Kim Jeong. In 1665, the sixth year of King Hyeonjong, Deputy Magistrate Choe Jin-nam moved this shrine to its present site south of Jangsudang Hall. Then in 1682, the eighth year of King Sukjong, the Ministry of Rites sent the official An Geon-ji to Jeju Island to bestow a plaque reading 'Gyullimseowon', so that the spirit tablets of Kim Jeong, Song In-su, Kim Sang-heon and Jeong On could be enshrined there. In 1695, the twenty-first year of King Sukjong, Song Si-yeol was enshrined alongside them, completing the veneration of the Five Worthies. However, when the order to abolish private academies was issued in 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong, the academy was demolished, and this altar was set up on its former site. Traces of the Five Worthies still remaining within the altar grounds include the inscription 'Jeungju Byeongnip', carved into the rock in 1856, the seventh year of King Cheoljong, by Deputy Magistrate Hong Gyeong-seop after calligraphy by Song Si-yeol, and two 'Jeongnyeo Yuheobi' — steles marking the sites of exile — dedicated respectively to Kim Jeong and Song Si-yeol.

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Where it is

Region

Jeju City, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물