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Magistrate of Punggi who founded Baegundong, the first seowon academy
In 1543 at Punggi he built a shrine to the Goryeo Neo-Confucian An Hyang with a school beside it, naming it Baegundong Seowon. At Yi Hwang's request it later received the name Sosu Seowon from King Myeongjong in 1550, along with books and land, becoming the first royally chartered seowon.
Ju Se-bung founded the first seowon academy at Punggi; in 1550, at Yi Hwang’s request, it received a royal charter as Sosu Seowon.
Leading Neo-Confucian scholar who secured a royal charter for Baegundong Academy
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