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Yi Hwang

Type Figure Region Korean Peninsula Time 1501–1570 Also known as Yi Toegye

Yi Hwang (1501–1570), courtesy name Gyeong-ryeon, pen name Toegye, one of the most outstanding Neo-Confucian scholars of the Joseon dynasty, revered …

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  1. 1511–1516Andong · Gyeongsang ProvinceYi Hwang was born into a scholarly family in Andong; in his youth he studied the Four Books and Five Classics under local Confucian scholars, renowned for his intelligence and diligence, laying the groundwork for his later studies in the capital and imperial examination career.
  2. 1517–1520Andong · Gyeongsang ProvinceYi Hwang studied under the renowned Gyeongsang Province scholar Kim An-guk, deeply exploring Zhu Xi's theory of principle and qi and the method of reverent inquiry into principle, forming a rigorous, inward scholarly orientation in step with the contemporary sarim intellectual current.
  3. 1520Andong · Gyeongsang ProvinceThe 1520 Gyeongja literati purge executed sarim leaders including Cho Gwang-jak; though Yi Hwang had not yet entered office, he learned of the great shift in court politics in the provinces, and thereafter more firmly committed to the path of self-cultivation and statecraft through Confucianism, keeping away from radical factional strife.

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