Seong Hon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Seong.
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 (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 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

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

References

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