Seong Hon Explained

Hangul:	성혼
Hanja:	成渾
Rr:	Seong Hon
Mr:	Sŏng Hon
Hangulja:	호원
Hanjaja:	浩原
Rrja:	Howon
Mrja:	Howŏn
Hangulho:	우계, 묵암
Hanjaho:	牛溪, 默庵
Rrho:	Ugye, Mugam
Mrho:	Ugye, Mukam
Hangulph:	문간
Hanjaph:	文簡
Rrph:	Mungan
Mrph:	Mun'gan

Seong Hon (; 25 June 1535 – 6 June 1598) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was a Neo-Confucianist scholar who 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] Seong Hon came from the Changnyeong Seong clan .

Selected works

• "Ugye jip" (Works of Ugye)
• "Jumun jigyeol"
• "Wihak jibang"

Family

He was the great-grandfather of Yun Jeung through the marriage of his daughter, Lady Seong. She married Yun Hwang and produced a son, Yun Seon-geo, who eventually became the parents of Yun Jeung.

• Father
  • Seong Su-chim (; 6 March 1493 – 7 February 1564); he and his brother became the students of Jo Gwang-jo
• Mother
  • Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan
• Sibling(s)
  • Younger sister - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan
• Spouse - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan
• Issue
  • Son - Seong Mun-yeong
  • Son - Seong Mun-jun (; 1559–1623)
    • Grandson - Seong Yeok
    • Granddaughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan
    • Grandson - Seong Ik
    • Granddaughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan (; 1591–1627)
    • Grandson - Seong Jik (성직, 成㮨)
    • Granddaughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan
  • Daughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan
    • Son-in-law - Nam Gung-myeong
    • Unnamed granddaughter
    • Unnamed granddaughter
    • Unnamed grandson
    • Unnamed grandson
    • Unnamed granddaughter
    • Unnamed grandson
  • Unnamed son
  • Unnamed son
  • Unnamed son
  • Daughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan
    • Son-in-law - Yun Hwang (; 1572–1639)
      • Grandson - Yun Hun-geo
      • Grandson - Yun Sun-geo (; 1596–1668)
      • Grandson - Yun Sang-geo
      • Grandson - Yun Mun-geo (; 1606–1672)
      • Grandson - Yun Seon-geo (; 1610 – 21 April 1669)
        • Great-Grandson - Yun Jeung (; 1629 – 30 January 1714)
      • Grandson - Yun Min-geo
      • Grandson - Yun Gyeong-geo
      • Grandson - Yun Si-geo
      • Granddaughter - Lady Yun

See also

• Korean Confucianism
• Neo Confucianism
• Yi I
• Yi Hwang
• Jeong gu
• Cho sik

External links

• Seong Hon:naver
• Seong Hon
• seong hon
• Korean philosophy: Information from Answers
• The Study on Moral Philosophy the Theory of Body and Mind Training of Gubong Song Ik-pil
• Ugye Sung Hon`s viewpoint on the "Four-Seven" theory and the Eclectic School of the later Chosun

Notes and References

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