| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 유형원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 柳馨遠 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Hyeongwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu Hyǒngwǒn |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 반계 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ban'gye |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pan'gye |
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[1][2] as well as a social critic and scholar of the late Joseon period. He was the disciple of Misu Heo 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.[3][4] 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.[5]
- ^ Kang, Jae-eun, (2006), p. 376
- ^ Silhak Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ 유형원 柳馨遠 [Yu Hyeongwon] (in Korean). Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
- ^ 유형원 柳馨遠 [Yu Hyeongwon] (in Korean). Nate / Britannica.
- ^ James B. de Palais (1 May 2014), Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions: Yu Hyongwon and the late Chosun dynasty, p. 9, Wikidata Q120064723