Hangul 옥산서원 Revised Romanization Oksan Seowon Province North Gyeongsang Province | Hanja 玉山書院 McCune–Reischauer Oksan Sŏwŏn Phone +82 54-761-2211 | |
Address 7 Oksan-ri, Angang-eup, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea Similar Yangdong Folk Village, Byeongsan Seowon, Dosan Seowon, Sosu Seowon, Bunhwangsa | ||
The Oksan Seowon is a seowon (a private educational institution in Korea which functioned as both an academy and a Confucian shrine) located at Oksan-ri, Angang-eup in the city of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Seowon is a type of local academy during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). It was established by Yi Je-min, (李齊閔), the minister of Gyeongju and local Confucian scholars in 1572, the fifth year of King Seonjo's reign, to commemorate the scholarly achievement and virtue of Confucian scholar and politician Yi Eon-jeok (1491–1553).
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Oksan Seowon, Gyeongju Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA