안향 安珦

A late-Goryeo civil official and scholar (art name Hoeheon), the progenitor of Neo-Confucianism in Korea

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Life1243 ~ 1306
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Clan순흥 안씨

Life & career

An Hyang (安珦, 1243–1306) was a civil official and scholar of the late Goryeo period, with the art name Hoeheon (晦軒). He first introduced the Neo-Confucianism of Zhu Xi from Yuan China and is revered as the progenitor of Neo-Confucianism in Korea.

To promote the National Academy (Gukhak) he established the Seomhakjeon (贍學錢) scholarship fund to nurture talent, and he was the first Korean scholar to be enshrined in the Confucian Shrine (Munmyo). He is the representative figure of the Sunheung An clan.

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Other 순흥 안씨 figures

안자미Founding ancestor of the Sunheung An clan안병찬Independence patriot · Righteous Army · Order of Merit for National Foundation, Patriotic Medal (Aegukjang, 1990)안지호Independence patriot · March 1st Movement · Order of Merit for National Foundation, Independence Medal (Dongnipjang, 1963)안항식Independence patriot · Righteous Army · Order of Merit for National Foundation, Patriotic Medal (Aegukjang, 1990)안승우Independence patriot · Righteous Army · Order of Merit for National Foundation, Independence Medal (Dongnipjang, 1962)안창호Independence patriot · Provisional Government · Order of Merit for National Foundation, Grand Order of the Republic of Korea (Daehanmingukjang, 1962)
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