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'''Yun Jeung''' or '''Yun Chung''' (1629–1714) was a [[Confucian]] scholar in [[Korea]] during the late period of the [[Joseon]] dynasty. He was known as being a progressive thinker and for his opposition to the formalism and ritualism in the predominant philosophy of [[Chu Hsi]]. Yun Chung refused government office because he thought the Korean monarchy was corrupt, and spend his life teaching [[Sirhak]] ideas. He is known for the quote, "The king could exist without the people, but the people could not exist without the king."<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Korea |author=Han Woo-keun |translator=Lee Kyung-shik |editor=Grafton K. Mintz |publisher=East-West Center Press, Honolulu |year=1971 |chapter=Chapter 22: Intellectual Developments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |pages=324–5}}</ref>
'''Yun Jeung''' or '''Yun Chŭng''' ({{Korean|hangul=윤증|hanja=尹拯}}1629 – 30 January 1714) was a [[Confucian]] scholar in [[Korea]] during the late period of the [[Joseon]] dynasty. He was known as being a progressive thinker and for his opposition to the formalism and ritualism in the predominant philosophy of [[Chu Hsi]]. Yun Chung refused government office because he thought the Korean monarchy was corrupt, and spend his life teaching [[Sirhak]] ideas. He is known for the quote, "The king could exist without the people, but the people could not exist without the king."<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Korea |author=Han Woo-keun |translator=Lee Kyung-shik |editor=Grafton K. Mintz |publisher=East-West Center Press, Honolulu |year=1971 |chapter=Chapter 22: Intellectual Developments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |pages=324–5}}</ref>


Yun held ideological debates with [[Yun Hyu|Song Siyŏl]], known as the Hoeni Sibi ("The Right and Wrong Between Song and Yun"), over the matters of ritualism and politics.<ref>{{cite book |title=Voice from the North: Resurrecting Regional Identity Through the Life and Work of Yi Sihang (1672–1736) |author=Sun Joo Kim |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2013 |pages=73}}</ref>
Yun held ideological debates with [[Song Si-yeol]], known as the Hoeni Sibi (懷尼是非,"The Right and Wrong Between Song and Yun"), over the matters of ritualism and politics.<ref>{{cite book |title=Voice from the North: Resurrecting Regional Identity Through the Life and Work of Yi Sihang (1672–1736) |author=Sun Joo Kim |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2013 |pages=73}}</ref>


Yun may also considered an early [[feminist]], as he praised and honored female scholars of Confucianism, a position that was typically reserved for males.<ref>{{cite book |title=Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japan |url=https://archive.org/details/womenconfuciancu00kodo |url-access=limited |author=Martina Deuchler |editor=Dorothy Ko, JaHyun Kim Haboush |publisher=University of California Press |year=2003 |chapter=Female Virtues in Chosŏn Korea |pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenconfuciancu00kodo/page/n164 150]}}</ref>
Yun may also considered an early [[feminist]], as he praised and honored female scholars of Confucianism, a position that was typically reserved for males.<ref>{{cite book |title=Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japan |url=https://archive.org/details/womenconfuciancu00kodo |url-access=limited |author=Martina Deuchler |editor=Dorothy Ko, JaHyun Kim Haboush |publisher=University of California Press |year=2003 |chapter=Female Virtues in Chosŏn Korea |pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenconfuciancu00kodo/page/n164 150]}}</ref>

He came from the Papyeong Yun clan ({{Korean|hangul=파평 윤씨|hanja=坡平 尹氏|labels=no}}).

== Biography ==
Yun was born in 1629 in Jungseonbang (貞善坊, now [[Jongno]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blo.co.kr/new/board/board.html?page=view&idx=85&type=&src_word=&tbName=review&start=0&isAdmin=&category=|website=Busan writers association|title=조선 후기 윤증(尹拯)의 삶 재조명-2}}</ref> In 1642, he studied Neo confucianism with his father in a mountain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/SearchNavi?keyword=%EC%9C%A4%EC%A6%9D&ridx=0&tot=53|title=윤증|website=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]]}}</ref>

== Family ==
* Father
** Yun Seon-geo ({{Korean|hangul=윤선거|hanja=尹宣擧|labels=no}}; 1610 – 21 April 1669)
* Mother
** Lady Yi of the Gongju Yi clan ({{Korean|hangul=공주 이씨|labels=no}})
* Sibling(s)
** Younger sister - Lady Yun ({{Korean|hangul=윤씨|labels=no}})
** Younger sister - Lady Yun ({{Korean|hangul=윤씨|labels=no}})
** Younger sister - Lady Yun ({{Korean|hangul=윤씨|labels=no}})
** Younger brother - Yun Chu ({{Korean|hangul=윤추|hanja=尹推|labels=no}}; 1632–1707)
** Younger brother - Yun Jol ({{Korean|hangul=윤졸|hanja=尹拙|labels=no}})
** Younger brother - Yun Eub ({{Korean|hangul=윤읍|hanja=尹挹|labels=no}})
* Spouse
** Lady Kwon of the Andong Kwon clan ({{Korean|hangul=안동 권씨|labels=no}}); eldest daughter
* Issue
** Son - Yun Haeng-gyo ({{Korean|hangul=윤행교|hanja=尹行敎|labels=no}})
** Son - Yun Chung-gyo ({{Korean|hangul=윤충교|hanja=尹忠敎|labels=no}})
** Daughter - Lady Yun ({{Korean|hangul=윤씨|labels=no}})
*** Son-in-law - Im Jin-yeong ({{Korean|hangul=임진영|hanja=任震英|labels=no}})


== Works ==
== Works ==
* Myungjaeyugo (명재유고, 明齋遺顧)
* Myeongjaeyugo ({{Korean|hangul=명재유고|hanja=明齋遺顧|labels=no}})
* Myungjaeuiryemundap (명재의례문답, 明齋疑禮問答)
* Myeongjaeuiryemundap ({{Korean|hangul=명재의례문답|hanja=明齋疑禮問答|labels=no}})
* Myungjaeyuseo (명재유서)
* Myeongjaeyuseo ({{Korean|hangul=명재유서|labels=no}})


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:35, 27 March 2024

Yun Jeung
Korean name
Hangul
윤증
Hanja
尹拯
Revised RomanizationYun Jeung
McCune–ReischauerYun Chŭng

Yun Jeung or Yun Chŭng (Korean윤증; Hanja尹拯1629 – 30 January 1714) was a Confucian scholar in Korea during the late period of the Joseon dynasty. He was known as being a progressive thinker and for his opposition to the formalism and ritualism in the predominant philosophy of Chu Hsi. Yun Chung refused government office because he thought the Korean monarchy was corrupt, and spend his life teaching Sirhak ideas. He is known for the quote, "The king could exist without the people, but the people could not exist without the king."[1]

Yun held ideological debates with Song Si-yeol, known as the Hoeni Sibi (懷尼是非,"The Right and Wrong Between Song and Yun"), over the matters of ritualism and politics.[2]

Yun may also considered an early feminist, as he praised and honored female scholars of Confucianism, a position that was typically reserved for males.[3]

He came from the Papyeong Yun clan (파평 윤씨; 坡平 尹氏).

Biography

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Yun was born in 1629 in Jungseonbang (貞善坊, now Jongno).[4] In 1642, he studied Neo confucianism with his father in a mountain.[5]

Family

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  • Father
    • Yun Seon-geo (윤선거; 尹宣擧; 1610 – 21 April 1669)
  • Mother
    • Lady Yi of the Gongju Yi clan (공주 이씨)
  • Sibling(s)
    • Younger sister - Lady Yun (윤씨)
    • Younger sister - Lady Yun (윤씨)
    • Younger sister - Lady Yun (윤씨)
    • Younger brother - Yun Chu (윤추; 尹推; 1632–1707)
    • Younger brother - Yun Jol (윤졸; 尹拙)
    • Younger brother - Yun Eub (윤읍; 尹挹)
  • Spouse
    • Lady Kwon of the Andong Kwon clan (안동 권씨); eldest daughter
  • Issue
    • Son - Yun Haeng-gyo (윤행교; 尹行敎)
    • Son - Yun Chung-gyo (윤충교; 尹忠敎)
    • Daughter - Lady Yun (윤씨)
      • Son-in-law - Im Jin-yeong (임진영; 任震英)

Works

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  • Myeongjaeyugo (명재유고; 明齋遺顧)
  • Myeongjaeuiryemundap (명재의례문답; 明齋疑禮問答)
  • Myeongjaeyuseo (명재유서)

References

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  1. ^ Han Woo-keun (1971). "Chapter 22: Intellectual Developments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries". In Grafton K. Mintz (ed.). The History of Korea. Translated by Lee Kyung-shik. East-West Center Press, Honolulu. pp. 324–5.
  2. ^ Sun Joo Kim (2013). Voice from the North: Resurrecting Regional Identity Through the Life and Work of Yi Sihang (1672–1736). Stanford University Press. p. 73.
  3. ^ Martina Deuchler (2003). "Female Virtues in Chosŏn Korea". In Dorothy Ko, JaHyun Kim Haboush (ed.). Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japan. University of California Press. pp. 150.
  4. ^ "조선 후기 윤증(尹拯)의 삶 재조명-2". Busan writers association.
  5. ^ "윤증". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.

Bibliography

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