Suncheon Mangbukjeongyuji Stele

A yuji-bi is a stele erected on the site of a former building to record the story associated with it. Guchon-gun Yi Su, a member of the royal clan during the reign of King Gwanghaegun of Joseon, impeached Yi I-cheom, who held power at the time, in an attempt to save the crumbling dynasty's Jongmyo Shrine and the state, and as a result was exiled to this Suncheon area. He built a pavilion with his own hands, named it Mangbukjeong ("Pavilion of Gazing North"), and from there constantly looked towards the north (Seoul), anxious for the safety of the state and the king. The pavilion later disappeared. In 1781, the fifth year of King Jeongjo, Yi Dong-yeop, Yi Su's sixth-generation descendant and magistrate of Suncheon, rebuilt a small pavilion on the old site and hung a board reading "Mangbukgak". During the reign of King Sunjo, Yi Dong-seon, a sixth-generation descendant who served as Naval Commander of the Left Jeolla Province, erected a stele to commemorate his ancestor's loyalty associated with Mangbukjeong. The stele inside the pavilion stands on a tall square base, with the top of its body rounded off. The pavilion was repaired in 1801, the first year of King Sunjo, and the pavilion standing today was newly built in 1983 by the Jeonju Yi clan.

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Where it is

Region

Suncheon, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료