Gumiyongsuam Hermitage

Gumiyongsuam, meaning 'Dragon Head Rock' (龍首巖), is a large rock face at the site traditionally said to be where Yongam Park Un (龍巖 朴雲, 1493–1562) lectured and rested. Carved into the rock is the inscription '龍巖朴先生杖屨之所' (Yongam Bak Seonsaeng Janggu-ji-so), meaning 'the place where Master Yongam stayed', and the rock survives today in its original form. Yongam Park Un, a member of the Sarim faction in the early Joseon period, was born in 1493, the 24th year of King Seongjong, in Goegok-ri, Haepyeong-hyeon, Seonsan-bu. In 1519, the 14th year of King Jungjong, he passed the jinsa examination (a licentiate examination in the Joseon civil service system). He was a disciple of Songdang Park Yeong, and his writings include Jayang Simhangnon (紫陽心學論), Gyeongmongpyeon (擊蒙篇), Gyeonghaengnok (景行錄), Samhujeon (三候傳) and Wisaengbang (衛生方). He died in 1562, the 41st year of King Myeongjong, and in 1642, the 20th year of King Injo, he was enshrined at Nakbong Seowon, a Confucian academy. Toegye Yi Hwang wrote his grave stele inscription, and Guam Kim Chwi-mun wrote his epitaph. Among the related heritage are the Monument to the Filial Son Yongam Park Un, designated as a Gyeongsangbuk-do Tangible Cultural Heritage, as well as the Bujomyo (an ancestral shrine exempt from the usual removal of ancestral tablets) and Myeonggyeongdang.

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Where it is

Region

Gumi, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물