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Yi Saek

Type Figure Region Goryeo Time 1328–1396 Also known as Yi Saek、이색、李穑、Mogeun

Yi Saek (1328–1396), a leading Confucian scholar of late Goryeo with the pen name Mogeun, born in a Kaesong scholar-official family, who studied in Y…

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  1. 1328–1330Kaesong · KaesongBorn in 1328 into a Kaesong scholar-official family, he received early family instruction; in the late 1320s Goryeo Confucianism and Yuan court scholarship mingled, laying the foundation for his later studies in Yuan and service after returning home.
  2. 1330Kaesong · KaesongIn 1330, as King Chungjeong acceded and Chungsu abdicated, Yi Saek was still receiving family instruction in Kaesong; court upheavals had not yet directly affected his childhood, but tense Yuan-Goryeo relations had already shaped his upbringing.

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