Yu Hyeong-won

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yu.
Yu Hyeong-won
Hangul 유형원
Hanja 柳馨遠
Revised Romanization Yu Hyeong-won
McCune–Reischauer Ryu Hyǒng-wǒn

Yu Hyeong-won (1622–1673) was a Korean pioneer of the silhak thinking ("practical learning")[1][2] and scholar from the Munhwa Yu clan during the late period of the Joseon Dynasty. His family had high official positions in generation.[3][4]

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References

  1. ^ Kang, Jae-eun, (2006), p.376
  2. ^ Silhak Encyclopædia Britannica
  3. ^ "유형원 柳馨遠 [Yu Hyeong-won]" (in Korean). Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=271516&v=44. 
  4. ^ "유형원 柳馨遠 [Yu Hyeong-won]" (in Korean). Nate / Britannica. http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=177973&v=44. 

Kang, Jae-eun; Lee, Suzanne. (2006) "The land of scholars: two thousand years of Korean Confucianism", Homa & Sekey Books, ISBN 1931907374