Park Ji-won

Park Ji-won
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
Religion	Neo-Confucianism
Era	18th-century philosophy
Region	Korean Confucianism
School	Silhak
Influences Confucius, Mencius, Zhu Xi, Hong Dae-yong
Influenced Pak Je-ga, Yu Deuk-gong, Yi Deok-mu, Park Gyu-su

Park Ji-won (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. Park Ji-won 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. 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

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

External links

• A harbinger of Korean literary modernism, http://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)