Yeonggwang-gun to Host International Academic Conference on Su-eun Ganghangseon on the 11th

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Jeollanam-do Yeonggwang-gun (Governor Kang Jongman) announced on the 7th that it will hold the International Academic Conference on Sageun Ganghang on the 11th at 3 p.m. in the multipurpose room on the first floor of the Yeonggwang Cultural Center.

Hosted by the Sageun Ganghang Memorial Project Association (President Park Seokmu), this academic seminar will be divided into two parts, and the theme of this seminar is the value of the teacher’s literary works as seen through the biography of Ganghwang and Sageun Ganghang.

Sageun Ganghang (1567?1618), a native of Bulgap-myeon, Yeonggwang-gun, was captured and taken to Japan while fighting against the Japanese army during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592?1598). Even as a prisoner, he did not bow his spirit and reported the situation in Japan to the Korean court.

During his captivity, he also spread Neo-Confucianism in Japan, greatly influencing early modern Japanese Confucianism.

Governor Kang Jongman said, “Through the Sageun Ganghang academic seminar, I hope many people will have a meaningful time feeling the sacrifice, spirit, and scholar’s ethos of Sageun Ganghang, a representative historical figure of our county.”

Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong baekok@asiae.co.kr

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