Bak Jiwon (born 1737)
Park Ji-won | |
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 Portrait of Park Ji-won | |
| Born | 5 March 1737 Hanseong, Joseon |
| Died | 10 December 1805 (aged 68) Hanseong, Joseon |
| Nationality | Joseon |
| Other names | Yeonam |
| Notable work | Collection of the Rock of swallow, Jehol Journal |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Korean Confucianism |
| School | Silhak |
Park Ji-won (Korean: 박지원; Hanja: 朴趾源; 1737-1805), styled Yeonam (Korean: 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. Park Ji-won belonged to the "School of Profitable Usage and Benefiting the People" (Korean: 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. Park Ji-won 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 Ji-won.
References
- ^ Koh Mi-suk (고미숙) (7 March 2011). 고전 인물로 다시읽기: 글쓰기 ‘프리랜서’ 연암 박지원. Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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External links
- A harbinger of Korean literary modernism, https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/02/135_81644.html
- Yeonam Park Jiwon, Die Schelte des Tigers (in German)
- Yonam Park Ji-won: a humanist who sided with the lower classes (연암 박지원: 백성의 편에서 세상을 바꾼 휴머니스트), Im Chae-yeong (임채영), Naver BookStory, March 2012, ISBN 9788993480795 (in Korean) {ko}.
- Yeonam Park Ji-won Institute website (in Korean)
