Presumed Baek I-jeong Tomb, Namhae

This is the tomb of Baek I-jeong (pen name Ijae, 1247–1323), a Confucian scholar of the late Goryeo period. He passed the civil service examination in 1275, the first year of King Chungnyeol, and under King Chungseon he served as Cheomui Pyeongni, a senior state council post, while concurrently holding the post of Sangui Hoeuidogamsa; he was later enfeoffed as Lord Sangdang. In 1298, the twenty-fourth year of King Chungnyeol, he accompanied King Chungseon to Yanjing in Yuan China, where he associated with scholars there, studying Neo-Confucianism for ten years before returning to teach his disciples. His disciples included Yi Je-hyeon, Bak Chung-jwa, Yi Gok, Yi In-bok and Baek Mun-bo. An Hyang was the first to introduce Neo-Confucianism to Korea, but it was Baek I-jeong who may be said to have studied it in earnest and to have grasped and established its system. Ujimak-gol, on Manggisan Mountain in Pyeongsan-ri, Nam-myeon, Namhae-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, has for several centuries been handed down as "the tomb of Minister Baek." The burial mound is enclosed by a wall of long, flat rocks, and its floor is paved with natural stones. The tomb is surrounded by dense pine trees, and terraced stone retaining walls have been built to prevent landslides. The technique used in piling the stones of the mound and building the surrounding wall resembles Goryeo-period fortress construction methods, making it important material for understanding the building techniques of that era. There is also a tomb said to be Baek I-jeong's, along with a sindobi (a memorial stele erected beside the road near a tomb to commemorate the lifetime achievements of a king or senior official), at Seongdong-ri, Ungcheon-myeon, Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do.

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Where it is

Region

Namhae, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물