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Great People of Korea (3)

Great People of Korea (3)

  18. Choi Mu-Seon (1325 – 1395) Choi Mu-Seon was an inventor best known for the production of Korea’s first gunpowder and cannons. During the Goryeo dynasty, he had already recognized the importance of gunpowder weapons, and suggested the establishment of a state institution committed to producing them. His inventions played a crucial role in [...]

Great People of Korea (2)

Great People of Korea (2)

8. Heo Gyun (1569 – 1618) & Heo Nanseolheon (1563 – 1589) Heo Gyun and Heo Nanseolheon were famous sibling writers during the Joseon dynasty. Heo Gyun authored the first Korean language novel, “The Tale of Hong Gildong.” His sister Nanseolheon wrote many poems that were highly commended by writers in Korea, China and Japan. [...]

Great People of Korea (1)

Great People of Korea (1)

1. Dae Jo-Young (?– 719, reign: 698 – 719) Dae Jo-Young was the founder of the Balhae kingdom. After the fall of the Goguryeo kingdom, he gathered the refugees and some Malgal tribes and established Balhae. Upon its founding in 698, he proclaimed that it was the successor of Goguryeo, both domestically and internationally, and [...]

King Sejong the Great

King Sejong the Great

Average annual growth rate over the last 10 years = 9.2% The first among G-20 member countries  GDP = $7.42 trillion The second largest in the world Military expenditure The second highest in the world Expected to become the world’s largest economic power by 2018 – The Economist, British weekly newspaper Expected to become the [...]

Jeong Yak Yong

An architect who designed and directed the construction of Hwaseong Fortress. Machinery, an engineer who created cranes based on the block principle.  An engineer who designed a Baedari(Boat Bridge) which put bridge on the boats.  An engineer who made a bridge using ships at the Han River.  A geographer who studied Korean geography and history [...]

Jang Young Sil

In the 15th Century, the Joseon Dynasty became the world’s first nation where the development of science technology, and culture blossomed. However, even though the Joseon’s people benefited from such achievement, The Koreans themselves, Chinese, Arabs, and Europeans did not know of it. Joseon had to achieve such development secretly. What a deplorable history it [...]

Admiral Yi Sun-sin

Admiral Yi Sun-sin

Battle of Salamis-Sept 4. B.C. 480 380 battleships of a united Greece, led by Themistocles of Athens VS lured 750 Persian battleships Themistocless of Athens Victory Battle of Gravelines-Aug 8. AD 1588 Admiral Howard, leading 75 British battleships VS Spanish fleet 130 battleships Admiral Howard, leading 75 British battleships Victory The Battle of Trafalgar-oct 21. [...]

King Sejong the Great

The greatest person in Korean history Including the fields of Politics, Economy, Culture, Military, as a matter of course, Numerous achievements of King Sejong had developed Joseon into the most powerful and most scientifically advanced country in East Asia. In 1441, He invented Cheugugi, an instrument to measure precipitation by collecting raindrops. In 1434, he [...]

Yi I

Yi I

Yi I, who worked tirelessly to reform the country Yi I is one of the two prominent Joseon Neo-Confucian scholars and government officials, the other being Yi Hwang. The reason why Koreans respect him today is because he loved the nation and worked tirelessly to reform it in the right direction. He was an exceptionally [...]

Yi Hwang

Yi Hwang

Yi Hwang, prominent Korean Neo-Confucian scholar Toegye is the pen name of Yi Hwang, one of the most prominent Korean Neo-Confucian scholars, who studied in depth how to become fully human and how human beings relate to the universe. He was thus concerned about how one might best fulfill one’s potential. Koreans respect him not [...]

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