Yi Saek
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Yi Saek(李穡, 1328–1396), also known as Mokeun, is a Korean Neo-Confucian philosopher, writer and poet. Yi Saek played a crucial role in introduction and localisation of phiosophy of Zhu Xi. He studied Neo-Confucianism in Yuan Dynasty China and opened an academy after his return to Goryeo, and from his academy the founders of Joseon Dynasty were educated.
Many of his disciples, such as Jeong Dojeon and Gwon Geun, used Neo-Confucian as the ideological basis for overthrowing Buddhist kingdom of Goryeo and establishing Confucian Joseon. However, Yi Saek himself remained royal to Goryeo dynasty and didn't believe wiping out of Buddhism, as Jeong Dojeon insisted, would be of any benefit. Yi Saek believed in the co-existence of the "Three Disciplines": Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Yi Saek resigned from all political positions after the founding of Joseon Dynasty.
Yi Saek left various poetry, essays and letters compiled in The Collected Works of Mokeun.
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