Yi Ik's elder brother, a Namin scholar who died in prison after a 1706 memorial; pen name Seomgye
| Life | 1660 ~ 1706 |
| Era | 조선 후기 |
| Clan | 여주 이씨 |
Yi Jam (1660-1706) was a late-Joseon Namin scholar of the Yeoju Yi clan, pen name Seomgye, and a son of Yi Ha-jin. Twenty-two years older than Yi Ik, he is known as Yi Ik's intellectual mainstay and first teacher, and Korean Wikipedia also introduces him as grand-uncle of Yi Ga-hwan.
He is said to have been executed over a memorial submitted in 1706 (the 32nd year of King Sukjong). Sources describe it differently: some say it defended Royal Consort Hui-bin Jang, others that it accused the ruling Noron of plotting against the crown prince (later Gyeongjong), and some give the year as 1705, so the exact details need checking against primary sources.
After this Yi Ik gave up the examinations and lived as an independent scholar, one background to the rise of the Seongho school. The family's ancestral graves at Cheomseong-ri, Ansan, are said to date to Yi Ik's 8th-generation ancestor Yi Gye-son.