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Person1622 – 1673

Yu Hyeong-won

Pioneer of agrarian Silhak who wrote Bangye surok at Ubandong in Buan, proposing land redistribution graded by status (gyunjeon-ron)

He never took office and devoted himself to scholarship. In the Bangye surok he proposed that the state allot land to build up independent farmers, and called for a militia of farmer-soldiers and for recruitment by recommendation in place of the civil examinations. His learning was carried on by Yi Ik.

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    1670Yu Hyeong-won’s Bangye surokauthor

    At Ubandong in Buan, Yu Hyeong-won completed Bangye surok, proposing to distribute land by social status — the start of the agrarian school of Silhak.

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