Ungudae Pavilion, Hapcheon

Ungudae is said to be the place where Hong Jae (pen name Man-eun), who had served as vice director (soyun) in late Goryeo, came south from Gaeseong into seclusion in order to uphold the principle of "not serving two kings" — a loyal subject's refusal to serve a second dynasty. The earliest record of Hong Jae appears in the 1709 genealogy of the Pungsan Hong clan. According to this record, Hong Jae was the son of Hong Bo, who passed the civil service examination and held the court posts of jwasan-gi and jikjehak, and Hong Jae himself passed the civil service examination and held the posts of soyun and gunsa (county magistrate). The next record to appear is a haengnok (record of conduct) said to have been composed in April 1424 by Maeng Sa-seong (1360–1438), Left State Councillor. In 1786, at the suggestion of local Confucian scholars, construction began on Ungu Seowon beside Ungudae, and in 1796 the academy enshrined Hong Jae (Man-eun), Yi O (Moeun) and Jo Yeol (Geumeun). It was repaired once in 1833, but was demolished in 1868 under the court's order abolishing seowon academies; in recent times a building named Ungu Seodang was rebuilt on the site and stands there today. Ungudae is a rock shaped like a ship, set on high ground in the village of Dusim-ri; from its top the surrounding fields and village can be seen at a glance, and set below Hwangmaesan Mountain it commands a particularly fine view. Carved on the rock in haeseo (standard script) are the characters for "Ungudae" (雲衢臺) and for "the place where Master Man-eun used to walk" (晩隱先生杖屨之所), though it is not known who wrote them or when. Judging from the present state of the carving, they appear to have been written sometime after Ungu Seowon was established.

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Where it is

Region

Hapcheon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물