Yi Ŏnjŏk (; 25 November 1491 – 23 November 1553), sometimes known by his

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period of Korea. He was born and died in

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, then the capital of

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province. Like most intellectuals from Gyeongsang in this period, he was a member of the

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. He contributed to the without ultimate-supreme ultimate ('' mugŭk''-'' t'aegŭk'') debate in classical

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.이언적 李彦迪 (Yi Ŏnjŏk)

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, A scion of the Yeoju Yi clan, he passed the literary section of the '' kwagŏ'' in 1514 and entered government service. He was twice expelled from service and then re-hired due to factional strife. He was exiled after Fourth Literati Purge of 1545. He spent the intervening periods teaching on Jaok Mountain in Gyeongju. After his death, the Oksan Seowon was erected on Jaok Mountain to venerate his memory. It still stands today in Angang-eup, Gyeongju City,

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. It was excoriated in Uijeongbu Yeongui Pavilion in 1568 and was established in Jongmyo Shrine in 1569 (King Seonjo 2), and was engaged in Mungmyeong in 1610 (Gwanghagun 2). In addition, the ancestral tablets were enshrined in 17 Seowon schools across the country, including Oksan Seowon in Gyeongju. Yi's main work is titled " Yi Ŏnjŏk's Old Baseon", and is designated as Treasure No. 586. Other writings are kept at Dok-rak and Oksan Seowon.Doopedia : Yi Ŏnjŏk
/ref> Through his adoptive son, Yi eventually became the maternal adoptive great-great-great-great-grandfather of

Queen Inhyeon Queen Inhyeon (; 23 April 1667 – 14 August 1701), of the Yeoheung Min clan, was the second wife of King Sukjong, the 19th Joseon monarch. She was queen of Joseon from 1681 until her deposition in 1688, and from her reinstatement in 1694 ...

, the second wife of King Sukjong.

Family

* Father ** Yi Pŏn (; 1463 – February 1500) * Mother ** Lady Son of the Gyeongju Son clan (; 1469 – June 1548) * Wife ** Lady Pak of the Hamyang Pak clan (; 1493 – ?); daughter of Pak Sungbu (박숭부, 朴崇阜; 1476-?) * Issue ** Adoptive son - Yi Ŭng-in (; 1535–1593); son of Yi T'ong () and Lady Yi () * Concubine and issue ** Lady Sŏk of the Yangju Sŏk clan (; 1495 – ?); daughter of Sŏk Kwidong () *** Son - Yi Chŏn-in (; 1516–1568)

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