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 Romanization | Seo Gyeongdeok | 
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk | 
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 화담  | 
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwadam | 
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwadam | 
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)
 
 
 - Grandfather - Seo Sun-gyeong (서순경, 徐順卿)
 - 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)
 
 
 
 - Son-in-law - Yu Gyeong-dam (유경담, 柳景湛)
 
 - 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)
 
 - Son - Seo Eung-bong (서응봉, 徐應鳳)
 
 - Lady Yi of the Taein Yi clan (태안 이씨, 泰安 李氏); daughter Yi Gye-jong (이계종; ? - 7 January 1561)
 
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:
마음이 어린 후이니 하는 일이 다 어리다  | 
My heart is young  | 
Other works:
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
    
- In Lunar Calendar, Seo was born on 17 February 1489 and died on 7 July 1546
 - "화담 서경덕(徐敬德)의 기(氣) 철학". Bravo Life!. April 3, 2014.
 - David Bannon, “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,” Hangul Herald, Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.
 
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