Cultural heritage in Goyang
five-thousand years history
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Goyang regional cultural property
2017-03-27
The cemetery which Mr. Yihwang made the epitaph, The tomb of Mr. Jungjiwoon
The tomb of Mr. Jungjiwoon is located in the southern side of Gobong Mountain behind Angok elementary school which the huge apartment complex is built. The tomb has a twin grave of the wife, Mrs. An of Chungju.
There are three tombs in front of the tomb together with Sangsuk, Hyangrosuk and Mangjuseok and a pair of Muninseok, and in the Myogal which was built in May of the 17th year of Myungjong has 'Chumangeusajungjiwoonjimyo' carved and the writings were praised by Twegye Yi Hwang and Songin wrote it.
Also the tombstone which was built in February in 1981 has osuk Bishin and granite Isu.
The place where Jungjiwoon(1509~1561) lived is Kyungju and his adult name was Jungi, and the name called comfortably was Chuman.
He was born in Goyang, Kyunggi province and learned Neo-confucianism under Kim an kook and Kim jung kook.
He wrote 'Chunmyung Doseol' and investigated harmony and later met YiHwang in 1553(the 8th year of King Myungjong's reign) and made some revisions, and afterwards this became the start of the Sachil dispute.
He was careful in relationships with others and was recommended to be in an official government but refused. In 1561, he went on a sightseeing to Chunma mountain and got sick and came back to Goyang and died and was canonized in Goyang.
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