Manyukchoeyang Remains Stele

A yuheobi, or "remains stele", is a monument erected at a place associated with a worthy figure of the past, either to record the site for later generations or to commemorate that person; this stele honours Choe Yang, a civil official of the late Goryeo period known by his pen name Manyuk. Choe Yang (1351–1424) was one of the "Seventy-two Worthies of Dumundong" — the seventy-two loyal subjects of Goryeo who, when Goryeo fell and Joseon was founded, refused to serve the new dynasty and spent their lives in seclusion at Dumundong devoted to scholarship. He studied under his maternal uncle Jeong Mong-ju, passed the civil service examination in 1376, the second year of King U, and after holding a succession of offices rose to become Daejehak (Chief Scholar) of the Bomun-gak. When Goryeo fell he retired from office and withdrew to Palgongsan Mountain in Jinan, living there in seclusion for three years. King Taejo treated him as a friend and summoned him to serve as chief state councillor, but he declined. When he died at the age of seventy-four, King Sejong said of him, "In learning and virtue he was like Cheng Yichuan; in integrity and moral purity he was like Yan Guang." The stele consists of a body set on a square base stone and topped with a roof stone. It was erected at the place where Choe Yang briefly stayed while fleeing into the mountains, and its inscription was composed by No-sa Gi Jeong-jin.

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Where it is

Region

Jinan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물