Icheon City to Hold Jangwigong Seo Hui Academic Conference on the 6th

Gyeonggi-do Icheon City will hold the "2023 Jangwigong (章威公) Seohi Academic Conference," which reexamines the achievements of Seohi, a diplomat of the Goryeo Dynasty, on the 6th at the city hall's main conference room.

At this academic conference, Professor Yoon Myung-chul of Samarkand University will deliver the keynote speech under the theme "21st Century East Asia Asks the 10th Century Seohi for Guidance," and three others, including Professor Han Jung-soo of Konkuk University, will present on related topics.

The conference will be chaired by Kang Jin-gap, director of the Historical and Cultural Contents Research Institute, with participation from Professor Kim Bo-kwang of Gachon University and Professor Hong Hyun-hee of Kookmin University, among others, conducting a comprehensive discussion on how Seohi's achievements and teachings continue to influence the development of modern East Asia.

Seohi, a native of Icheon, was a civil official of the Goryeo Dynasty who passed the state examination at the age of 18 and rose to the position of Taebonaesaryeong. In 993, during the Khitan invasion, he single-handedly negotiated with the enemy commander So Son-nyeong to save the country, drove out the Jurchen tribes, and built the Gangdong Eight Fortresses, expanding Goryeo's territory up to the Amnok River.

Kim Kyung-hee, mayor of Icheon City, said, "I hope this academic conference will be a meaningful event that reexamines the great historical value of Seohi and elevates his status."

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