Kang Hang Explained

Hangul:강항
Hanja:姜沆
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Kang Hang (; 1567–1618) was a Korean philosopher who was taken prisoner by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1597. He was taken to Japan where he was influential in passing on neo-Confucianist ideas to the people of Japan.