Sancheong Mun Ik-jeom Tomb

This is the tomb of Mun Ik-jeom (1329–1398), pen name Samudang (三憂堂), a civil official of the late Goryeo period and son of Mun Suk-seon, who bore the posthumous title Chungjeonggong. In the ninth year of King Gongmin's reign (1390) he passed the civil service examination and entered official service, and in 1363, while serving as jwajeongeon (a censorial post), he travelled to the Yuan dynasty in the retinue of Yi Gong-su. At that time, Choe Yu, who was residing there, attempted to depose King Gongmin by installing Deokheung-gun, the third son of King Chungseon, as king in his place. This plot, which even received support from Yuan, ended in failure in the thirteenth year of King Gongmin's reign (1364), when it was defeated by Choe Yeong. On suspicion of having taken part in the plot, Mun Ik-jeom was exiled to Yunnan Province in China as soon as he returned home. When he later returned to Korea, he smuggled in cotton seeds and cultivated them together with his father-in-law Jeong Cheon-ik, bringing about a great change in clothing. When King U came to the throne, Mun Ik-jeom was again appointed to the post of jeonwi-jubu, but he opposed the reforms of Yi Seong-gye's faction and retired from office. After his death, he was posthumously granted the office of Yeonguijeong (Chief State Councillor) in the twenty-second year of King Sejong of Joseon (1440), and a shrine was built in his honour during the reign of King Sejo. The tomb is rectangular in form; a stone offering table and a stele stand in front, while stone statues of a civil official (muninseok), ornamental pillars (mangju-seok) and a stone lantern stand to either side, all of which are preserved.

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Where it is

Region

Sancheong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물