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Goyang regional cultural property

2017-03-27

The tomb of Mr. Hong Yi Sang

Appointed Number : No.13 of Regional Cultural Assets

Location : Goyangsi Ilsandonggu Sungsukdong San 56-1

The tomb is located in the south direction in the side of Gobong Mountain in Sungsukdong.

It is a twin grave with the burial mound of the wife, Mrs. Kim from Andong, and the circumference is each 15 centimeters and the height is 240 centimeters.

There are Myobi, Sangsuk and Hyangrosuk in front of the cemetery and the Mangjuseok and Muninseok is placed on the left and right side.

In front of the burial mound there is the tombstone which Leejun built, the height is 170 centimeters, width 65 centimeters, and the thickness 25 centimeters.

The shindobi was built in the 8th year(1630) of King Injo and is standing about 150 centimeters beneath the cemetery.

The turtle base of the stone monument of the granite stone is well balanced but yet it is highly worned out and the carving of the Asu is delicate and distinct.

The words were made by Lee Jung Gu and written by Lee Hyun and carved in by Kim Sang Yong.

The scale of the marbled Bishin is : height 200 centimeters, width 115 centimeters, and thickness 29 centimeters.

HongYiSang is the government official of the Joseon era and was born in the 4rth year of reign of King Myungjong(in the year 1549) and died in the 7th year of reign of King Gwanghaegun(1615).

The first name is Insang and the adult name is Wonrae, or Gunsue.

He was called by the comfortable name Modang and lived in Pungsan and is the son of Sue.

He is the writer of Minsun of Haengchon, one of the people of Goyangpalhyun, and went through the 6 years of King Sunjo and after 6 years he was promoted as Gapgwa in the Siknyunmungwa.

He filled as Yejo, Hojo Hwarang, Parang, Jungun Suchan, Jijegyo and Byungjojungrang.

He was the Sagadokseo, Gyori, Jikjehak, Dongbuseungji and became YijochamEui.

On the 25th year of the reign of King Sunjo, when the Japanese invaded, he attended the King to Pyeongyang as a Yejochameui and became Byungjochameui.

In the year of 27th of the reign of Seonjo, he went on an official trip to Ming Dynasty as a Sungjeolsa and was the government post in Kyungsangdo as a Gwanchalsa, he contacted keenly with Bibyunsa and succeeded in the alienating measure among the enemies.

After the battle he became a Daesasung and refuted the appeal of excluding the wedding of Yusaeng Munkyungho of Youngnam and justified the marriage and was demoted to Andongbusa.

Afterwards he became the minister of Chungju and became the Daesahun on the year Gwanghaehun was ascended to the throne but felt sick and tired of the death in prison occuring from the fight between the factions and threw all his public officials away and died in Songdo.

His name after death is Munkyung and he has written the book [Modang Yugo].

He is one of the people of Goyangpalhyun who was religiously serviced in Munbongseowon in Goyang and the drawings of his life(1781 by Danwon Kimhongdo) is famous.