Jo Ik Tomb

This is the tomb of Jo Ik (1579–1655), pen name Pojeo, a civil official of the late Joseon period. He passed the civil service examination in 1602, the 35th year of King Seonjo, and went on to hold a succession of official posts. In 1611, the third year of King Gwanghaegun, he argued that Yi Eon-jeok, Yi Hwang and others should be enshrined in the Confucian shrine, for which he was demoted to Chalbang (postal-station superintendent) of Gosan-do, and was then made magistrate (Hyeon-gam) of Ungcheon. When Queen Dowager Inmok was deposed in 1613, he resigned his post and built a thatched house below Dogosan Mountain in Sinchang, Chungcheong-do, devoting himself to scholarship. It was through this episode that he came to be connected with Yesan, and his tomb is now located in Sinyang-myeon, Yesan. When King Injo came to the throne in 1623, Jo Ik was the very first official to be appointed, becoming Jwarang in the Ministry of Personnel (Ijo), and together with Kim Yuk he contributed to the expansion and implementation of the Daedongbeop, the Uniform Land Tax Law. Under King Hyojong he rose to Right State Councillor and then Left State Councillor, and continued to devote himself to scholarship, writing Gonjirok, Jungyong Juhae, Daehak Juhae and Seogyeong Cheonseol, which he presented to King Hyojong. The burial mound is hemispherical, with a border of stones around its base, and in front of the tomb stand a stone offering table, a tombstone and memorial stone pillars (mangju-seok).

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Where it is

Region

Yesan, Chungnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료