Kim Jip Tomb

This is the tomb of Kim Jip (1574-1656), a Confucian scholar of the mid-Joseon period whose pen name was Sindokjae. At eighteen he passed the jinsa licentiate examination, and in 1610, the second year of King Gwanghaegun, he became a chambong, a junior court official, but retired because of Gwanghaegun's disorderly rule. After the Injo Restoration he returned to office but soon resigned. Following the accession of King Hyojong, he served as daesaheon, head of the Office of the Inspector-General, and then as minister of personnel (ijo panseo), during which time he helped plan the Northern Expedition, and he rose as high as panjungchubusa, a senior advisory post in the Privy Council. After his death he was posthumously raised to the rank of yeonguijeong, chief state councillor, in 1883, the twentieth year of Emperor Gojong. Living away from public life, he strove to carry on his father's scholarship, and by inheriting the learning of Yi I and transmitting it to Song Si-yeol, he made a major contribution to the formation of the Giho School. His tomb lies near the former site of Gounsa Temple in Beolgok-myeon, Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province. Stone statues of civil officials and stone pillars stand on either side of the burial mound, and at the entrance to the tomb grounds stands a sindobi - a stele erected beside a road near a tomb to commemorate the lifetime achievements of a king or high official.

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Where it is

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Nonsan, Chungnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료