Seong Hon (1535 – 1598) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon Dynasty. He was a Neo-Confucianist scholar who 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.[1]

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).[2]

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.

See also

• Korean Confucianism
• Neo Confucianism
• Yi I
• Yi Hwang
• Jeong gu
• Cho sik

References

External links

• Seong Hon:naver (in Korean)
• Seong Hon (in Korean)
• seong hon (in Korean)
• Korean philosophy: Information from Answers (in Korean)
• The Study on Moral Philosophy the Theory of Body and Mind Training of Gubong Song Ik-pil (in Korean)
• Ugye Sung Hon`s viewpoint on the "Four-Seven" theory and the Eclectic School of the later Chosun (in Korean)

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