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Seong Hon

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Hangul
  
성혼

Hangul
  
우계, 묵암

Hanja
  
成渾

Hanja
  
牛溪, 默庵


Revised Romanization
  
Seong Hon

Name
  
Seong Hon

McCune–Reischauer
  
Song Hon

Died
  
1598

Seong Hon (1535 – 1598) was a Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, and educator of Korea's Joseon Dynasty. He was a close friend of the scholar Yi I (Yulgok) and an older contemporary of Yi Hwang (Toegye), leader of the country's "western faction" (seoin 서인, 西人) of the period.

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Seong Hon is often referred to by his stylized name of Ugye ("bull valley") and Mugam ("black stone"). He gained eminence not only as a scholar but as a revered politician and reformer, attaining the position of Fourth State Councillor/Vice Prime Minister (Jwachanseong 左贊成) in the Joseon State Council (uijeongbu).

Selected works

  • "Ugye jip" (우계집, 牛溪集) (Works of Ugye)
  • "Jumun jigyeol" (주문지결, 朱門旨訣)
  • "Wihak jibang" (위학지방, 爲學之方)
  • Father

    He was the great-grandfather of Yun Jeung through his daughter, Lady Seong, who married Yun Hwang and produced a son, Yun Seon-geo, father of Yun Jeung.

    References

    Seong Hon Wikipedia