Byeongsan Seowon

Andong, South Korea · built 1613

The Byeongsan Seowon is a seowon located in Byeongsa-ri village of the Pungcheon-myeon township in the city of Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Seowon is a type of local academy during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). It was first established as Jondeoksa by local Confucian scholars especially Jeong Gyeong-se 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 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.

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