Sonhongnyang Remains Stele

A yuheobi is a stele erected to record the traces of a worthy forebear for later generations and, through this, to honour his memory. This stele commemorates the achievements of Son Hongnyang, a civil official of the late Goryeo period and the founding ancestor of the Iljik Son clan. Son Hongnyang (1287–1379) originally bore the surname Sun, but changed it to Son because it matched a character in King Hyeonjong's name. He passed the state examination during the reign of King Chungseon and entered officialdom, rising through the post of docheomuichanseongsa to reach pansamsasa, one of the highest offices of state, and the following year he was invested as Internal Prince Bokcheon. In 1362, the eleventh year of King Gongmin, when the Red Turban invasion broke out, he helped suppress it, and the king praised his merit by bestowing on him a staff and a portrait, among other gifts. The stele housed within the stele pavilion stands with its body set on a low pedestal stone and a capstone placed on top, and the pavilion is surrounded by a wall fitted with a gate. It was erected in 1804, the fourth year of King Sunjo of Joseon; the inscription was composed by Jo Hyeon-myeong, who had served as chief state councillor under King Yeongjo, and the calligraphy was done by Gwon Seo, a seongwon who had passed the lower civil service examination. The title inscribed on the front of the stele is in the calligraphy of Seo Myeong-gyun, who had served as second state councillor.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료