Park Ji-won

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This article is about Bak Jiwon (born 1737). For Park Jie-won (born 1942), see Park Jie-won.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Bak.

Park Ji-won
Portrait of Pak Jiwon
Other names	Yeonam
Born	(1737-03-05)5 March 1737 Hanseong, Joseon
Died	10 December 1805(1805-12-10) (aged 68) Hanseong, Joseon
Nationality	Joseon
Era	18th-century philosophy
Region	Korean Confucianism
Religion	Neo-Confucianism
School	Silhak
Books	Collection of the Rock of swallow, Jehol Journal
Influenced by Confucius, Mencius, Zhu Xi, Hong Dae-yong
Influenced Pak Je-ga, Yu Deuk-gong, Yi Deok-mu, Park Gyu-su

Pak Jiwon(Hangul: 박지원; hanja: 朴趾源; 1737-1805), styled Yeonam(Hangul: 연암; hanja: 燕巖, ‘Rock of swallow’) was a philosopher and novelist in the late Joseon Dynasty. He has been regarded as one of the greatest thinkers of the so-called "Practical Learning (silhak)" movement. Pak Jiwon belonged to the "School of Profitable Usage and Benefiting the People" (Hangul: 이용후생파; hanja: 利用厚生派; RR: Iyong Husaeng-pa) to promote the industrialization of his country and the development of trade by positively introducing western technologies to Joseon Korea. Pak Jiwon proposed that Joseon import advanced technologies from the Qing Dynasty, and promote Mercantilism.^[1] The scholars Pak Je-ga, Yu Deuk-gong and Yi Deok-mu were influenced by Park Jiwon.

References

↑ Koh Mi-suk (고미숙) (7 March 2011). "고전 인물로 다시읽기: 글쓰기 ‘프리랜서’ 연암 박지원" [Discovering classics: the 'freelancerer' Yonam Pak Jiwon]. Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 8 June 2012.

External links

Yonam Bak Jiwon: a humanist who sided with the lower classes (연암 박지원: 백성의 편에서 세상을 바꾼 휴머니스트), Im Chae-yeong (임채영), BookStory, March 2012, ISBN 9788993480795.
Yeonam Bak Jiwon Institute website (in Korean)

Persondata
Name	Pak, Jiwon
Alternative names	Yeonam
Short description	Joseon Dynasty philosopher and writer
Date of birth	1737
Place of birth	Seoul, Joseon (Korea)
Date of death	1836
Place of death	Seoul, Joseon (Korea)

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