Cheonggye Hakdang (Hanok Lecture Hall), Reflecting the Architectural Features of Seowon in the Joseon Dynasty

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Lee Sang-hae
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Name in Latin Alphabet: Lee Sang-hae
Nationality: Republic of Korea
Affiliation: Sunggyunkwan University


강연 소개

Seowon, is an advanced educational institute established by Sarim (Confucian scholar class), who emerged as the mainstream in country villages, served as the base of their activities during the process of settlement of neo-Confucianism in the Joseon society, which had become the ideology of governing a nation of Joseon.

The construction of Seowon in the Joseon Dynasty is closely related to the line of thought that posits the unity of Heaven and man, which underlies the cosmological understanding and theory of personality of the Neo-Confucian scholars, who led the establishment of Seowon. The concept of the unity of Heaven and man can be summarized as way of thinking that proposes that nature and humans are one.

In keeping with the establishment of a place where a philosophy espousing the unity of Heaven and man was articulated, Seowon was usually located in a scenic place that was beyond the mundaneness of ordinary life. The placement of the buildings and the space composition of Seowon were sought to promote the enjoyment and admiration of beautiful views from the inside as much as possible.

From an aesthetic point of view, the buildings of Seowon in the Joseon Dynasty are not particularly grand or fancy. The restrained and graceful construction condensed and sublimated the Neo-Confucian view of the world into building arrangement and space organization. Such architectural features of Seowon are based on restrained and plain aesthetics of Neo-Confucianism.

Cheonggye Hakdang (Hanok Lecture Hall) of The Academy of Korean Studies was constructed based on intensive reflection about the architectural aesthetics of Seowon in the Joseon Dynasty.