Yi Hwang
Also known as Toegye, Tchökje, Lee Hwang
Korean Confucian scholar (1502 -1571)
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- Born
- 1501
- Died
- 1570
- Works
- 109
Top works
- 梅花詩
- 李書百選
- 퇴계집
- 聖學十圖
- 陶山全書
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Quotes
- “古人도날몯보고나도古人몯뵈古人를몯봐도녀던길알ᄑᆡ잇ᄂᆡ녀던길알ᄑᆡ잇거든아니녀고엇뎔고”
- “靑山ᄂᆞᆫ엇뎨ᄒᆞ야萬古애프르르며流水ᄂᆞᆫ엇뎨ᄒᆞ야晝夜애긋디아니ᄂᆞᆫ고우리도그치디마라萬古常靑호리라”
- “...[T]he Confucian way of learning is that in order to ascend to lofty heights one must begin with the lowly, to travel afar one must begin with what is near. Indeed, to begin from the lowly and near certainly is a slow process. But apart from it, whence comes the lofty and distant? In applying one’s efforts to gradual advancement one attain what is lofty and distant without parting from what is lowly and near; it is in this that it is different from Buddhist and Daoist learning.”
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Yi Hwang (Korean: 이황; Hanja: 李滉; 1501–1570) was a Korean philosopher, writer, and Confucian scholar of the Joseon period. He is considered the most important philosopher of Korea - he is honored by printing his portrait on the 1000 South Korean won banknote, on the reverse of which one can see an image of his school, Dosan Seowon. He was of the Neo-Confucian literati, established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy.
Yi Hwang is often referred to by his art name Toegye ("Retreating Creek"). His courtesy name was Gyeongho.