Dosan Seowon | Andong, South Korea

[waterloo]

Founded in 1561.
Dosan Seowon is the largest and most famous of all Confucian academies in Korea. The first buildings on the site were established in 1561 by Yi Hwang, one of the great Korean Neo Confucian scholars. Yi Hwang called his academy "Dosan Seodang". Four years after his death in 1570, his disciples expanded the study hall into a large Confucian academy. It quickly gained the support of King Seonjo, who granted it a royal charter in 1575. The academy served two functions: On the one hand, it served as a memorial shrine to Yi Hwang and a place where his disciples could perform important ceremonies in his honor. On the other, it was a place where the teachings of Yi Hwang were passed along to succeeding generations of disciples.

Yi Hwang, better known as Toegye (T'oegye), lived from 1501 to 1570. He is best known for his famous "four seven debate" that he carried on with his junior Gi Dae-seung (Ki Tae-süng, 1529-1592) for seven years.

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[Ellatur]

10!
the one in 1000 won bills!
i guess none of his disciples are living there now?

[SUNNI]

i like this one alot

[DamienK]

7/10

[Fabio]

7/10

looks ok

[waterloo]

Bump..^.^v

[mumbojumbo]

10

[B@dGuYoM]

8/10

[Valia]

Its a bucolic site 7/10

[Ellatur]

whats a bucolic site?

[DRAKKO]

7/10

[Saigonese]

Reminds me of the Temple of Literature ( Van Mieu) in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Temple was the first university in Vietnam (then known as Dai Viet -> Great Viet), established in 1070 AD. It was there that the top scholars throughout the kingdom came to study and later progress to become mandarins of the royal court. Also served as a place to honour top scholars (Trang Nguyens) throughout the 800 years of northern dynastic tradition.

[forvine]

7.5/10

[Sinjin P.]

7.5/10

[Phobos]

7/10

[Skoulikimou]

i love it ;)

9/10

[Vrysxy]

6/10

[Mosaic]

8/10

[LordMarshall]

10/10

[delmaule]

7/10

[LMCA1990]

8/10- very serene and ideal for some crouchig tiger type movie :D

[gutooo]

8/10

[delmaule]

8/10

[marpa]

8,5/10

[OtAkAw]

7, not grand enough.

[MJBU]

I like it, it show it's originality, 7/10

[Kelsen]

7/10

[(((myx)))]

8.5 :D

[Nikkodemo]

7/10

[W!CKED]

8/10