Seong Hon

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.[1]

Seong Hon
Hangul	성혼
Hanja	成渾
Revised Romanization	Seong Hon
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏng Hon
Pen name
Hangul	우계, 묵암
Hanja	牛溪, 默庵
Revised Romanization	Ugye, Mugam
McCune–Reischauer	Ugye, Mukam
Courtesy name
Hangul	호원
Hanja	浩原
Revised Romanization	Howon
McCune–Reischauer	Howŏn
Posthumous name
Hangul	문간
Hanja	文簡
Revised Romanization	Mungan
McCune–Reischauer	Mun'gan

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

1. Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Korea Journal. Winter 2003.
2. (in Korean) Seong Hon at Doosan Encyclopedia

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)