Oksan Seowon, Gyeongju

The Oksan Seowon is a seowon (a private educational institution in Korea which functioned as both an academy and a Confucian shrine)[1] located at Oksan-ri, Angang-eup in the city of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Seowon is a type of local academy during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). It was established by Yi Je-min, (李齊閔), the minister of Gyeongju and local Confucian scholars in 1572, the fifth year of King Seonjo's reign, to commemorate the scholarly achievement and virtue of Confucian scholar and politician Yi Eon-jeok (1491–1553).[2][3]

Oksanseowon Confucian Academy

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Oksan-ri, Angang-eup, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Part of	"Yangdong Cluster: Oksanseowon Confucian Academy, Dongnakdang House" part of Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference	1324-004
Inscription	2010 (34th session)
Coordinates	36°0′43″N 129°9′49″E
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Oksan-seowon
Part of	Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
Criteria	Cultural: (iii)
Reference	1498-003
Inscription	2019 (43rd session)
Area	6.44 ha (15.9 acres)
Buffer zone	80.83 ha (199.7 acres)
Korean name
Hangul	옥산서원
Hanja	玉山書院
Revised Romanization	Oksan Seowon
McCune–Reischauer	Oksan Sŏwŏn
Location of Oksan Seowon, Gyeongju in South Korea

Hoejae Yeongjeok left office and built the main building as the main building in the stream of Oksan in Gyeongju's Angang-eup near Yangdong Village. For this reason, after Hoejae died, Oksan Seowon was built near Dokrakdang. Oksan Seowon is located in Seshimdae, and it means to wash one's mind with water falling from Yongchu and seek learning through nature.[4]