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| Seong Hon | |
| Hangul | 성혼 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seong Hon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏng Hon |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 우계, 묵암 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ugye, Mugam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ugye, Mukam |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 호원 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Howon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Howŏn |
| Posthumous name | |
| Hangul | 문간 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Mungan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mun'gan |
Seong Hon (Korean: 성혼; Hanja: 成渾; 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 (창녕 성씨; 昌寧 成氏).
- ^ Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Korea Journal. Winter 2003.
- ^ (in Korean) Seong Hon at Doosan Encyclopedia