Jeong Yeo-chang Shrine Stele, Hamyang

This is the shrine stele of Jeong Yeo-chang, pen name Ildu, which remains on the site of Yongmun Seowon, a Confucian academy. Jeong Yeo-chang (1450–1504) lost his father early and studied on his own before entering the school of Kim Jong-jik. In 1480, the eleventh year of King Seongjong, when the king sought men well versed in the Confucian classics, he was recommended by Seonggyungwan, the National Confucian Academy. In 1495, the first year of King Yeonsangun, he became magistrate of Aneum-hyeon and governed the people with benevolence; when he drew up and enforced a set of regulations known as the "Pyeonuisusipjo", government became clean and he was praised by the people. He was exiled to Gyeongseong during the Muo Literati Purge of 1498, and was put to death during the Gapja Literati Purge of 1504. The stele stands with its body erected on a turtle-shaped base and topped with a capstone carved with dragons, the carving extremely fine and clear. The inscription was composed by Galcheon Im Hun and written in calligraphy by Seokgok Seong Paeng-nyeon. This stele was erected in 1583, the sixteenth year of King Seonjo, to honour the lofty ideals of Jeong Yeo-chang, who is revered as one of the Five Worthies of the Joseon dynasty.

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Where it is

Region

Hamyang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료