An Hyang

Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox Korean name/auto An Hyang (Korean: ; Hanja: Template:Category handler; 1243 – 12 September 1306), also known as An Yu (; Template:Category handler), was a leading Confucian scholar born in Yeongju in present-day South Korea, and was from the Sunheung An clan. He is considered the founder of Neo-Confucianism in Korea, introducing Song Confucianism to the Goryeo kingdom. An Hyang visited China, transcribing the works of Zhu Xi and bringing his copy and portraits of Confucius and Zhu Xi to Korea to use in his revitalization of Confucianism. He strove to replace Buddhism with Confucianism.

There is a portrait of him at the Sosu Seowon, which was built as a memorial to the scholar. There is also a statue of him on Banya-san in Nonsan.

Family

• Father
  • An Pu (; Template:Category handler; 1220 – ?)
• Mother
  • Princess Consort Sunjeong of the Gangju U clan (; Template:Category handler)
• Wives and their children
  • Princess Consort Hannam of the Kim clan (; Template:Category handler); Kim Rok-yeon's third daughter (김록연,金祿延)
    • Son - An U-gi (; Template:Category handler; 1265–1329)
    • Daughter - Lady An of the Sunheung An clan (; Template:Category handler)
    • Daughter - Lady An of the Sunheung An clan (; Template:Category handler)
    • Daughter - Lady An of the Sunheung An clan (; Template:Category handler)
    • Daughter - Lady An of the Sunheung An clan (; Template:Category handler)
    • Daughter - Lady An of the Sunheung An clan (; Template:Category handler)
  • Princess Consort Seowon of the Yŏm clan (; Template:Category handler); daughter of Yŏm Su-jang (; Template:Category handler) — No issue.

References

• tourinfo.khu.ac.kr/iboard/bbsUpFiles/제%205호.hwp
• Grayson, James H. 2002 Korea - A Religious History. RoutledgeCurzon. Template:ISBN.

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