Sungyang Academy

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Sungyang Academy
개성 숭양사원 현판.jpg
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
숭양서원
Hancha
Revised RomanizationSungyangseowon
McCune–ReischauerSungyangsŏwŏn

Sungyang Hall is a fourteenth-century Confucian academy located on the side of in Kaesong, North Korea. The hall was constructed in the late fourteenth century for the home of the famously loyal statesman and Confucian scholar Jong Mong-ju, whose 1392 assassination by the agents of the later Taejo of Joseon marked the end of the Koryo dynasty. In 1573, the building was transformed into a Confucian academy.

The building is listed as National Treasures #128 in North Korea.

See also[]

  • Jong Mong-ju
  • National Treasures of North Korea

References[]

Coordinates: 37°58′26.040″N 126°34′4.080″E / 37.97390000°N 126.56780000°E / 37.97390000; 126.56780000

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