Gupyeong Yun Clan Spirit-path Stele, Hapcheon

These are two spirit-path steles erected to honour the learning and virtue of Gusan Yun Tak (1554-1593) and Chudam Yun Seon (1559-1640). Gusan Yun Tak raised a righteous army when the Japanese invasions of Korea broke out in 1592, the twenty-fifth year of King Seonjo of Joseon, and in 1593 entered Jinjuseong Fortress to resist the Japanese forces, where he died a martyr's death. Chudam Yun Seon served under the Crown Prince during the Japanese invasions and, in the reign of King Gwanghaegun, held the post of Right State Councillor of the State Council. Both steles were erected in the same sinchuk year (1901); only their inscribed content differs, while their material, shape and size are identical. The tortoise-shaped base and dragon-carved capstone are made of Jinyang stone, and the stele body is made of sandstone, measuring 87 cm in width, 236 cm in height and 27 cm in thickness. Facing the steles, the one on the right is that of Gusan Yun Tak, and the one on the left is that of Chudam Yun Seon. The inscription for Gusan Yun Tak's stele was composed by Hyangsan Yi Man-do (1842-1910), and that for Chudam Yun Seon's stele by Seongjae Heo Jeon (1797-1886); the calligraphy on both was written by Igok Ha In-su (1830-1904). Given their size and the renown of the subjects, the composers and the calligrapher, these two steles are fully deserving of recognition as national heritage. Their historical significance is especially great in that they were erected by a family that continued to identify itself as Bukin, the Northerner political faction, into the late Joseon period, at a time when the Nammyeong school of Neo-Confucian learning had collapsed and the Bukin faction had all but disappeared following the Injo Restoration, the 1623 coup that enthroned King Injo.

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Where it is

Region

Hapcheon, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료