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Hangul
  
강항

Revised Romanization
  
Gang Hang

Died
  
1618

Hanja
  
姜沆

McCune–Reischauer
  
Kang Hang

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Kang Hang (1567–1618) was a Korean scholar who was taken prisoner by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1597. He was taken to Japan where he was influential in passing on neo-Confucianist ideas.

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Kang Hang Wikipedia