Yu Sŏngwŏn (also Ryu Sŏngwŏn) (died 1456) was a

scholar-official The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats (), were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class. Scholar-officials were politicians and governmen ...

of the early

Joseon Dynasty Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom w ...

, who is remembered as one of the six murdered ministers. He was born to a

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family of the Munhwa Yu lineage, but his date of birth is not known. Yu passed the lower examination 1444 and the higher examination in 1447. He was shortly thereafter appointed to the

Hall of Worthies The Hall of Worthies, or Jiphyeonjeon (; ), was a Korean royal research institute during the Joseon period. It was founded by King Sejong the Great in the 3rd month of 1420, and dissolved in the 6th month of 1456. The Hall of Worthies is known f ...

Sejong Sejong (; 15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450), commonly known as Sejong the Great (), was the fourth monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He is regarded as the greatest ruler in Korean history, and is remembered as the inventor of Hangul, the n ...

. Yu was among the compilers of the first edition of the Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions (''yu bang yu chwi'', 醫方類聚), together with other members of the Hall of Worthies. In 1455, Sejo overthrew the reigning king Danjong. Yu joined with other high officials in a conspiracy to restore Danjong to the throne. This was discovered by the king shortly before it was to happen, and Yu committed suicide. Yu's tomb lies today in Sayuksin Park in

Noryangjin-dong Noryangjin-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighborhood) of Dongjak District, Seoul, South Korea. The district is known as the location of Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market, one of the largest wholesale seafood markets in the country. See also * Ad ...

Dongjak District Dongjak District () is one of the 25 districts that make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Its name was derived from the Dongjaegi Naruteo Ferry, on the Han River which borders the district to the north. It was the 17th ''gu'' created in S ...

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. It was moved there in the 1970s.Welcome to Dongjak-gu
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