Sanrinjusei - Forest scholar

Japanese: 山林儒生 - さんりんじゅせい

In Korea during the Joseon Dynasty, people who did not enter the government because of differences in political and ideological stance with those in power, but instead took pride in being noble people (people outside the government), often living in the mountains and devoting themselves to learning. They were also called Sanrinshoshi or Hermits. In a broad sense, they refer to the Sirin school. At the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty, Confucian scholars Jeong Mongju, Gil Jae, and Kim Suk Jae maintained their loyalty to the Goryeo Dynasty, saying that they would not serve two loyal subjects, and did not enter the government of the new dynasty (the Joseon Dynasty). As a result, Jeong Mongju was killed by Yi Seong-gye, and Gil Jae and Kim Suk Jae fled to the mountains, devoted themselves to training their disciples, and developed Confucianism.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮で李朝時代に，権力者との政治的･思想的立場の相違から仕官せず，野人(在野の人)として高潔を誇り，しばしば山中に住んで学問に専念した人びと。山林処士，隠士ともいう。広い意味では士林派をさす。高麗末･李朝初期に朱子学者の鄭夢周，吉再，金叔茲らは，忠臣二君に仕えずとして高麗王朝への節義を守り，新王朝(李朝)に仕官しなかった。そのため，鄭夢周は李成桂に殺され，吉再，金叔茲は山林に逃れて弟子の養成に専念し，朱子学を発達させた。

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