Hongik Ingan

Hongik Ingan (Korean: 홍익인간; Hanja: 弘益人間) is the official educational motto of South Korea.[1] The phrase can be translated to English as "To broadly benefit the human world".[2] Hongik Ingan is the founding idea of Gojoseon and is known as the first concept founded by Dangun Wanggeom.[3]

Hongik Ingan
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHongik ingan
McCune–ReischauerHongik in'gan
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  1. "교육기본법". www.law.go.kr. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. "A New Way of Seeing Country Social Responsibility" (PDF). Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. "홍익인간(弘益人間)". 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture) (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. Jeong, Young-hun, eds. (2018). AhnHoSang and Dangun-nationalism. KCI dissertation.
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