Seo Gyeongdeok

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Seo Gyeongdeok
Hangul
서경덕
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeo Gyeongdeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Kyŏngdŏk
Pen name
Hangul
화담
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHwadam
McCune–ReischauerHwadam
In this Korean name, the family name is Seo.

Seo Gyeongdeok (1489–1546) was a Korean Neo-Confucianist philosopher during the Joseon Dynasty. His philosophy studied materialism and phenomenology based on ancient taoist philosophy theories absorbed by neoconfucianism, like Yin and Yang and Ki.[1]

Works[]

Seo was a great scholar of the day. He counted among his students the famed gisaeng Hwang Jini, for whom he wrote this sijo:

마음이 어린 후이니 하는 일이 다 어리다
만중운산(萬重雲山)에 어느 님 오리마는
지는 잎 부는 바람에 행여 귄가 하노라

My heart is young
  so I act young all the time.
  Clouds hide this distant mountain:
  who would ever visit me here?
But old leaves rustle in the wind:
  I hope it’s her.[2]

Other works:

  • Hwadamjip (화담집, 花潭集) - collection of his writings
  • Woniki (원이기, 原理氣) - About origin of Qi
  • Igiseol (이기설, 理氣說) - about processing of Qi
  • Taeheoseol (태허설, 太虛說) - About Mu of Qi
  • Gwisin sasaengnon (귀신사생론, 鬼神死生論) - about spirit of soul and life and death.

Disciples[]

  • Hwang Jini - Korean poet and artist
  • Heo Gyun - Korean novelist, philosopher, and politician
  • (이지함) - Korean astrologer, diviner, and politician
  • Heo Nanseolheon - Korean poet
  • (한백겸) - Geographer and philosopher
  • (박순) - Philosopher and politician

References[]

  1. ^ So Kyong-Dok AKA Hwadam (1489–1546) 화담 서경덕 徐敬德, 1489~1546
  2. ^ David Bannon, “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,” Hangul Herald, Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.
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