The Byeongsan Seowon () is a ''

seowon () were the most common educational institutions of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. They were private institutions, and combined the functions of a Confucian shrine and a Confucian school. In educational terms, the were primarily occupied wit ...

'' located in Byeongsa-ri village of the Pungcheon-myeon township in the city of

Andong Andong () is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in South Korea, and the capital of North Gyeongsang Province. It is the largest city in the northern part of the province with a population of 167,821 as of October 2010. The Nakdong Ri ...

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. Seowon is a type of local

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

during the

Joseon Dynasty Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom w ...

(1392–1897). It was first established as Jondeoksa (尊德祠) by local

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scholars especially Jeong Gyeong-se (鄭經世) in 1613, the fifth year of King Gwanghaegung's reign, to commemorate the scholarly achievement and virtue of the notable Confucian scholar and politician Yu Sŏngnyong. The predecessor of the seowon was Pungak Seodang (豊岳書堂) which was a school located in Pungsan to teach the Pungsan Yu clan during the Goryeo period. Yu Sŏngnyong moved the seodang to the current place in 1572. upright=1.2, none, A view of Byeongsan Seowon

History

The history of Byeongsan Seowon began when Yu Sŏngnyong moved to Andong in 1372 from Pungak Seodang, a Confucian school established during the Goryeo period. After Yu Sŏngnyong died in 1607, local Confucianists such as Jeong Gyeong-se founded Jondeok Temple in 1613 and enshrined an ancestral tablet to commemorate his academic work and virtues. The temple was renamed Byeongsan Seowon in 1614. In 1620, following a public discussion among Confucianists, the ancestral tablet was moved to Yeogang Seowon, a memorial Seowon for

Toegye Yi Hwang (; 1501–1570) was a Korean philosopher, writer, and Confucian scholar of the Joseon period. He is considered the most important philosopher of Korea - he is honored by printing his portrait on the 1000 South Korean won banknote, on ...

. In 1629 new ancestral tablets to worship Yu Sŏngnyong and his third son Yu Chin were made. Byeongsan Seowon served as a branch of local education to produce many scholars. In 1868,

Heungseon Daewongun Heungseon Daewongun (; 24 January 1821 – 22 February 1898) was the title of Yi Ha-eung, the regent of Joseon during the minority of Emperor Gojong in the 1860s. Until his death, he was a key political figure of late Joseon Korea. He was also ca ...

ordered to remove it, but it was not damaged. The auditorium was rebuilt in 1921 under Japanese rule. Hyangsarye, a memorial ceremony for Yu Sŏngnyong and Yu Chin, is held here every March and September. It is designated as Historic Site No. 260 and contains about 3,000 books of about 1,000 different types, including a collection of books by Yu Sŏngnyong. The complex was also included in the

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in 2019. In 2024, the

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apologized after its staff hammered five nails into the complex's Mandaeru Pavilion to hang lanterns as part of shooting for a drama production.

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