Seo Gyeong-deok

Seo Gyeong-deok (18 March 1489 – 13 August 1546[1]) was a Korean Neo-Confucianist philosopher during the Joseon Dynasty. His philosophy studied materialism and phenomenology based on ancient taoist philosophy theories absorbed by neoconfucianism, like Yin and Yang and Ki.[2]

Seo Gyeong-deok
Hangul
서경덕
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeo Gyeongdeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Kyŏngdŏk
Art name
Hangul
화담
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHwadam
McCune–ReischauerHwadam

Family

  • Father - Seo Ho-beon (서호번, 徐好蕃)
    • Grandfather - Seo Sun-gyeong (서순경, 徐順卿)
      • Great-Grandfather - Seo Deuk-bu (서득부, 徐得富)
  • Mother - Lady Han of the Boan Han clan (보안 한씨, 保安 韓氏)
  • Sibling(s)
    • Younger brother - Seo Sung-deok (서숭덕, 徐崇德)
  • Wives and their issue
    • Lady Yi of the Taein Yi clan (태안 이씨, 泰安 李氏); daughter Yi Gye-jong (이계종; ? - 7 January 1561)
      • Son - Seo Eung-ga (서응가, 徐應暇)
      • Son - Seo Eung-gi (서응기, 徐應麒)
        • Grandson - Seo Woo-shin (서우신, 徐佑申)
        • Granddaughter - Lady Seo of the Dangseong Seo clan (당성 서씨)
          • Grandson-in-law - Im Ryeon (임련, 任鍊)
        • Granddaughter - Lady Seo of the Dangseong Seo clan (당성 서씨)
          • Grandson-in-law - Yi Eung-jo (이응조, 李應祚)
        • Granddaughter - Lady Seo of the Dangseong Seo clan (당성 서씨)
        • Granddaughter - Lady Seo of the Dangseong Seo clan (당성 서씨)
      • Daughter - Lady Seo of the Dangseong Seo clan (당성 서씨)
        • Son-in-law - Yu Gyeong-dam (유경담, 柳景湛)
          • Grandson - Yu Ik (유익, 柳益)
          • Granddaughter - Lady Yu (유씨)
            • Grandson-in-law - Yun Bok (윤복, 尹福)
          • Granddaughter - Lady Yu (유씨)
            • Grandson-in-law - Kang Ho-seon (강호선, 康好善)
    • Unnamed concubine
      • Son - Seo Eung-bong (서응봉, 徐應鳳)
        • Grandson - Seo Chun-hak (서춘학, 徐春鶴)
        • Grandson - Seo Woon-hak (서운학, 徐雲鶴)
      • Son - Seo Eung-gu (서응구, 徐應龜)

Works

Seo was a great scholar of the day. He counted among his students the famed gisaeng Hwang Jini, for whom he wrote this sijo:

Other works:

  • Hwadamjip (화담집, 花潭集) - collection of his writings
  • Woniki (원이기, 原理氣) - About origin of Qi
  • Igiseol (이기설, 理氣說) - about processing of Qi
  • Taeheoseol (태허설, 太虛說) - About Mu of Qi
  • Gwisin sasaengnon (귀신사생론, 鬼神死生論) - about spirit of soul and life and death.

Disciples

  • Hwang Jin-yi - Korean poet and artist
  • Heo Gyun - Korean novelist, philosopher, and politician
  • Yi Ji-ham (이지함) - Korean astrologer, diviner, and politician
  • Heo Nanseolheon - Korean poet
  • Han Baek-gyeom (한백겸) - Geographer and philosopher
  • Park Sun (박순) - Philosopher and politician

References

  1. In Lunar Calendar, Seo was born on 17 February 1489 and died on 7 July 1546
  2. "화담 서경덕(徐敬德)의 기(氣) 철학". Bravo Life!. April 3, 2014.
  3. David Bannon, “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,” Hangul Herald, Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.
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