Mid-Joseon Neo-Confucian scholar and civil official who worked to promote the Sohak and implement village compacts
| Life | 1478 ~ 1543 |
| Era | 조선 |
| Clan | 의성 김씨 |
Kim An-guk's courtesy name was Gukgyeong (國卿) and his pen name Mojae (慕齋). A disciple of Kim Goeng-pil, he was a Sarim scholar who, together with Jo Gwang-jo and others, pursued a politics of moral learning (dohak). Having passed the higher civil service examination, he served as censor-general (daesagan), Minister of Rites, Minister of War, headmaster of learning (daejehak), and second junior chancellor (jwachamchan).
While serving as governor of Gyeongsang and Jeolla provinces, he widely promoted the Elementary Learning (Sohak) and published and distributed various vernacular translations, agricultural and medical books, including the Yeossi hyangyak (village compact), working at the moral education of the people. Even after being dismissed and retiring to the countryside in the Gimyo Literati Purge, he devoted himself to scholarship and the training of younger scholars.
His works include the Mojae jip and Mojae gahun; his posthumous title was Mungyeong (文敬).
His grave is said to have been at the ancestral burial ground in Haechon-ri, Dong-myeon, Jangdan, Gyeonggi Province.