Hongik Ingan () is the official educational motto of
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
. The phrase can be translated to English as "To broadly benefit the human world".
Hongik Ingan is the founding idea of
Gojoseon
Gojoseon () also called Joseon (), was the first kingdom on the Korean Peninsula. According to Korean mythology, the kingdom was established by the legendary founder named Dangun. Gojoseon possessed the most advanced culture in the Korean P ...
and is known as the first concept founded by
Dangun Wanggeom
Dangun (; ) or Dangun Wanggeom (; ) was the legendary founder and god-king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning province in Northeast China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "gran ...
.
See also
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Three Principles of the Equality
Three Principles of the Equality or Triequism () is a Republicanism, republican and Korean nationalism, nationalist political route established and promoted by South Korean independence activist Jo So-ang, Cho So-ang since 1918, and was an ideology ...
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Ilminism — "Political Hongik Ingan" based on Ilminism is synonymous with "Dangun nationalism".
[Jeong, Young-hun, eds. (2018)]
''AhnHoSang and Dangun-nationalism''
KCI dissertation.
References
Korean culture
Korean nationalism
National symbols of South Korea
National mottos
Conservatism in South Korea
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