Oksan Seowon, Gyeongju

The Oksan Seowon (Korean: 옥산서원; Hanja: 玉山書院) is a seowon located at Oksan-ri, Angang-eup in the city of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.^[1] Seowon is a type of local academy during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). It was established by Yi Je-min, (李齊閔), the minister of Gyeongju and local Confucian scholars in 1572, the fifth year of King Seonjo's reign, to commemorate the scholarly achievement and virtue of Confucian scholar and politician Yi Ŏnjŏk (1491–1553).^[2][3]

Oksan Seowon, Gyeongju
General information
Location	Oksan-ri, Angang-eup, Gyeongju, South Korea
Coordinates	36°0′43″N 129°9′49″E
Designations
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Oksan-seowon
Criteria	(iii)
Designated	2019
Part of	Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
Reference no.	1498-003
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	(iii), (iv)
Designated	2010
Part of	Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
Reference no.	1324-004
Historic Sites of South Korea
Official name	Oksanseowon Confucian Academy, Gyeongju
Designated	1967-03-08
Reference no.	154
Korean name
Hangul	옥산서원
Hanja	玉山書院
Revised Romanization	Oksan Seowon
McCune–Reischauer	Oksan Sŏwŏn

Hoejae Yeongjeok left office and built the main building as the main building in the stream of Oksan in Gyeongju's Angang-eup near Yangdong Village. For this reason, after Hoejae died, Oksan Seowon was built near Dokrakdang. Oksan Seowon is located in Seshimdae, and it means to wash one's mind with water falling from Yongchu and seek learning through nature.^[4]

See also

• Dosan Seowon
• Korean Confucianism