Seo Gyeong-deok

Seo Gyeong-deok
Hangul	서경덕
Hanja	TừKínhĐức
Revised Romanization	Seo Gyeongdeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk
Art name
Hangul	화담
Hanja	HoaĐàm
Revised Romanization	Hwadam
McCune–Reischauer	Hwadam

In thisKorean name,the family name isSeo.

Seo Gyeong-deok(Korean:서경덕;Hanja:Từ kính đức;18 March 1489 – 13 August 1546) was aKoreanNeo-Confucianistphilosopher during theJoseonperiod. His philosophy studiedmaterialismandphenomenologybased on ancienttaoist philosophytheories absorbed byneoconfucianism,likeYin and YangandKi.

Works

Seo was a great scholar of the day. He counted among his students the famedgisaengHwang Jini,for whom he wrote thissijo:

마음이 어린 후이니 하는 일이 다 어리다
만중운산( vạn trọng vân sơn )에 어느 님 오리마는
지는 잎 부는 바람에 행여 귄가 하노라

My heart is young
so I act young all the time.
Clouds hide this distant mountain:
who would ever visit me here?
But old leaves rustle in the wind:
I hope it’s her.

Other works:

• Hwadamjip(화담집;Hoa đàm tập) - collection of his writings
• Woniki(원이기;Nguyên lý khí) - About origin ofQi
• Igiseol(이기설;Lý khí thuyết) - about processing of Qi
• Taeheoseol(태허설;Thái hư thuyết) - AboutMuof Qi
• Gwisin sasaengnon(귀신사생론;Quỷ thần tử sinh luận) - about spirit of soul and life and death.

Disciples

• Hwang Jin-yi- Korean poet and artist
• Heo Gyun- Korean novelist, philosopher, and politician
• Yi Ji-ham(이지함) - Korean astrologer, diviner, and politician
• Heo Nanseolheon- Korean poet
• Han Baek-gyeom(한백겸) - Geographer and philosopher
• Park Sun(박순) - Philosopher and politician

Family

• Father - Seo Ho-beon (서호번;Từ hảo phồn)
• Mother - Lady Han of the Boan Han clan (보안 한씨;Bảo an hàn thị)
• Sibling(s)
  • Younger brother - Seo Sung-deok (서숭덕;Từ sùng đức)
• Wives and their issue
  • Lady Yi of the Taein Yi clan (태안 이씨;Thái an lý thị); daughter Yi Gye-jong (이계종;? – 7 January 1561)
    • Son - Seo Eung-ga (서응가;Từ ứng hạ)
    • Son - Seo Eung-gi (서응기;Từ ứng kỳ)
    • Daughter - Lady Seo of the Dangseong Seo clan (당성 서씨)
  • Unnamed concubine
    • Son - Seo Eung-bong (서응봉;Từ ứng phượng)
    • Son - Seo Eung-gu (서응구;Từ ứng quy)