Yu Hyeong-won

Korean name
Hangul
유형원
Hanja
柳馨遠
RRYu Hyeongwon
MRYu Hyŏngwŏn
Art name
Hangul
반계
Hanja
磻溪
RRBangye
MRPan'gye
A page from Yu Hyeongwon's Bangye surok

Yu Hyeong-won (Korean: 유형원; 1622–1673), also spelled as Yoo Hyung-Won, was a Korean philosopher. His art name was Ban'gye (磻溪). He was a Neo-Confucianist and science scholar of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was a Korean pioneer of the early silhak ("practical learning") school as well as a social critic and scholar of the late Joseon period. He was the disciple of Misu Hŏ Mok and second cousin of the silhak scholar Seongho Yi Ik.

Yu was a member of the Munhwa Yu clan, and many of his extended family members held high official positions in the Joseon government. However, he did not become an official, but led the life of a reclusive scholar. His work, Bangyesurok, became influential during the reign of King Yeongjo, who was made aware of it in 1741 and authorised its printing in 1770.

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  1. ↑ Kang, Jae-eun, (2006), p. 376
  2. ↑ Silhak Encyclopædia Britannica
  3. ↑ 유형원 柳馨遠 [Yu Hyeongwon] (in Korean). Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
  4. ↑ 유형원 柳馨遠 [Yu Hyeongwon] (in Korean). Nate / Britannica.
  5. ↑ James B. de Palais (1 May 2014), Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions: Yu Hyongwon and the late Chosun dynasty, p. 9, Wikidata Q120064723 {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for James B. de Palais  (help)

Kang, Jae-eun; Lee, Suzanne. (2006) "The land of scholars: two thousand years of Korean Confucianism", Homa & Sekey Books, ISBN 1-931907-37-4