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Seong Hon
Hangul 성혼
Hanja
Revised Romanization Seong Hon
McCune–Reischauer Sŏng Hon
Pen name
Hangul 우계, 묵암
Hanja ,
Revised Romanization Ugye, Mugam
McCune–Reischauer Ugye, Mukam
Courtesy name
Hangul 호원
Hanja
Revised Romanization Howon
McCune–Reischauer Howŏn
Posthumous name
Hangul 문간
Hanja
Revised Romanization Mungan
McCune–Reischauer Mun'gan

Seong Hon (1535 – 1598) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon Dynasty. He was a Neo-Confucianist scholar who was a close friend of the scholar Yi I (Yulgok) and an older contemporary of Yi Hwang (Toegye), leader of the country's "western faction" (seoin 서인, 西人) of the period.

Seong Hon is often referred to by his stylized name of Ugye ("bull valley") and Mugam ("black stone"). He gained eminence not only as a scholar but as a revered politician and reformer, attaining the position of Fourth State Councillor/Vice Prime Minister (Jwachanseong 左贊成) in the Joseon State Council (uijeongbu).

Selected works

  • "Ugye jip" (우계집, 牛溪集) (Works of Ugye)
  • "Jumun jigyeol" (주문지결, 朱門旨訣)
  • "Wihak jibang" (위학지방, 爲學之方)

Father

He was the great-grandfather of Yun Jeung through his daughter, Lady Seong, who married Yun Hwang and produced a son, Yun Seon-geo, father of Yun Jeung.

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