Seo Gyeongdeok
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Seo Gyeongdeok | |
Hangul | 서경덕 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seo Gyeongdeok |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk |
Pen name | |
Hangul | 화담 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hwadam |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwadam |
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 |
My heart is young |
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[]
- ^ So Kyong-Dok AKA Hwadam (1489–1546) 화담 서경덕 徐敬德, 1489~1546
- ^ David Bannon, “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,” Hangul Herald, Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.
Categories:
- 1489 births
- 1546 deaths
- 16th-century Korean poets
- Korean Confucianists
- Korean Taoists
- 16th-century Korean philosophers
- Korean people stubs