Changjuseowon Confucian Academy

This is a seowon, a Confucian academy, built to honour the scholarship and virtuous conduct of No Jin, pen name Okgye. No Jin (1518–1578) passed the jeunggwang mungwa, a special state civil service examination, in 1546, the first year of King Myeongjong, and went on to hold various posts including governor of Chungcheong-do and magistrate of Jeonju. He associated with scholars such as Gi Dae-seung, No Su-sin and Kim In-hu, and was so devoted to filial piety that a memorial gate was also erected for him. Changjuseowon was first built in 1579, the twelfth year of King Seonjo, in Geumji-myeon, Namwon, under the name Goryongseowon, but in 1600, the thirty-third year of King Seonjo, the state bestowed on it a plaque reading "Changju", and its name was changed to Changjuseowon. It was closed under the order abolishing Confucian academies issued in the reign of King Gojong by Heungseon Daewongun, but was restored on its present site in 1959. The academy today comprises Myeongdeoksa, the shrine; Naesammun, the inner gate; a lecture hall; and a caretaker's house. The roof of Myeongdeoksa is a gable roof shaped, when seen from the side, like the character 人 (person). Inside, the spirit tablet of No Jin is enshrined, and a memorial rite is held every year on the twentieth day of the third lunar month. The lecture hall has a hipped-and-gabled roof, whose roofline resembles the character 八 (eight) when viewed from the side.

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Namwon, Jeonbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료