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Yi Hwang
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Korean Confucian scholar (1502 -1571)
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Yi Hwang (1501–1570) was a male philosopher, writer, and scholar from the Joseon kingdom. Born and deceased in Andong, he was a citizen of Joseon and practiced Confucianism. He spoke Korean and is known by the McCune–Reischauer romanization Yi Hwang and the Revised Romanization I Hwang. His native name is 이황, and he used the courtesy name 경호, the art name 퇴계, and the posthumous name 문순.
Hwang authored 109 works. His notable writings include 퇴계집, 聖學十圖, 陶山全書, 墀興夜寐箴, and 性理諸家解抄. He died of disease, which is classified as natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1501
- Died
- 1570
- Works
- 109
Top works
- 梅花詩
- 李書百選
- 퇴계집
- 聖學十圖
- 陶山全書
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Hangul
- 이황
- Hanja
- 李滉
- Rr
- I Hwang
- Mr
- I Hwang
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Joseon
- Place of birth
- Andong
- Place of death
- Andong
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Religion
- Confucianism
- Image
- Statue of Yi Hwang.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yi Hwang
- date of birth
- 1501-01-01
- date of death
- 1570-01-01
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Yi Hwang
- Revised Romanization
- I Hwang
- cause of death
- disease
- name in kana
- イ・ファン
- courtesy name
- 경호
- art name
- 퇴계
- posthumous name
- 文純
- name in native language
- 이황
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yi Hwang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.