Late-Goryeo official, Yeongga Buwongun, who proposed printing the Four Books with Zhu Xi commentary
| Life | 1262 ~ 1346 |
| Era | 고려 후기 |
| Clan | 안동 권씨 |
Gwon Bu (1262-1346) was a late-Goryeo (Yuan-period) official from Andong, said to be a great-grandson of Gwon Su-pyeong, founder of the Chumil-gong branch. He took the pen name Gukjae, was enfeoffed as Yeongga Buwongun and received the posthumous title Munjeong.
He served five kings from Chungnyeol to Chungmok and rose to Cheomui Jeongseung. He is known for proposing the printing of Zhu Xi's Four Books commentaries, and the Goryeo-sa biographies are described as treating him as an early figure of Goryeo Neo-Confucianism.
Son of Gwon Dan, he passed the examination in 1279. Favored as a royal lecturer after King Chungseon's accession in 1298, he was enfeoffed as Yeongga-gun in 1313 and under King Chungsuk, after serving as Cheomui Jeongseung, was raised to Yeongga Buwongun.
He proposed printing Zhu Xi's Four Books commentaries and is said to have entrusted the compilation of the Hyohaengnok to his son Gwon Jun and son-in-law Yi Je-hyeon. His son-in-law Yi Je-hyeon became a leading scholar of late Goryeo.
He had five sons and four daughters with Lady Ryu of Munhwa, and father, sons and sons-in-law were so often enfeoffed that the family was called "nine enfeoffed lords in one house". Yi Je-hyeon's epitaph praises his integrity, while the Goryeo-sa criticizes him for long control of appointments and wealth accumulation, so views are mixed.
Tomb information was not confirmed.