(R)I Saek

Japanese: 李穡 - りしょく（英語表記）(R)I Saek

1328‐96
A Korean civil servant and scholar in the late Goryeo period. His pen name was Yeongsuk and his pen name was Mokgeun. He was from Hansan. He was the son of Yi Guk and a disciple of Yi Jeihyon. He became a Jinshi at the age of 14 and studied in the Yuan Dynasty, passing the literary examination. He was well versed in Neo-Confucianism and, as the Chief Administrator of Sungkyunkwan, he employed Jeong Mongju, Yi Sungin and others as academics, contributing to the development of Neo-Confucianism, but he also had a deep knowledge of Buddhism. He was an active politician during the transition period, but was in conflict with the Yi Seong-gye faction (the founder of the Yi Dynasty), and so he was not well-liked in his later years. His posthumous name was Munjeong. Many of the civil servants in the early Joseon period were under his influence, and he is the origin of Joseon Chinese literature.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1328‐96
朝鮮，高麗末期の文臣，学者。字は穎叔。号は牧隠。韓山の人。李穀の子で李斉賢の門人。14歳で進士となり，元に留学して元の文科にも及第した。朱子学に精通し，成均館大司成として鄭夢周，李崇仁らを学官に採用，朱子学の発展に寄与したが，仏教にも造詣が深かった。王朝交替期の政治家として活躍したが，李成桂(李朝の太祖)派と対立したため，晩年は不遇であった。諡号（しごう）は文靖。李朝初期の文臣たちは多く彼の影響下にあり，李朝漢文学の淵源をなす。

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