Miryang Obangnigangdonggu

This is a small earthen mound built beside the road outside the village of Obang-ri, created to honour the filial conduct of Jo Gwang-ik (1537-1578) and his brotherly devotion to his younger brother Jo Ho-ik (1545-1609), so that it might serve as an example to later generations. Jo Gwang-ik was a civil official and scholar of the mid-Joseon period whose pen name was Chwiwondang. He studied under Yi Hwang and delved deeply into Neo-Confucianism. In 1558, the thirteenth year of King Myeongjong, he passed both the saengwon and jinsa civil service examinations, entered government service, and rose to the post of magistrate at the Uigeumbu, the royal investigation bureau. In 1578, the eleventh year of King Seonjo, he took up the post of assistant magistrate of Pyeongan-do in order to visit his younger brother Jo Ho-ik, who had been exiled to Gangdong, and died there at the age of forty-two. His funeral was held at Obang-ri in Miryang, but the scholars and commoners of Gangdong carried soil from Gangdong all the way to Obang-ri, a distance of a thousand li, to cover his grave; with the soil that remained they built this small mound and planted bamboo on it. His descendants named the mound Gangdonggu in commemoration of the brothers' devotion, and King Seonjo honoured their brotherly bond by having it recorded in the Samgang Haengsildo, the Illustrated Guide to the Three Bonds. The stele pavilion in front of the mound was erected by his descendants to make the story of Gangdonggu widely known.

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Where it is

Region

Miryang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물