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Seol Chong

Wonhyo's son, who systematized idu to read the Confucian classics in Korean and wrote the parable Hwawanggye for King Sinmun

With Gangsu and Choe Chi-won he is counted among Silla’s leading Confucian scholars of head-rank six. Idu, a way of writing Korean with the sounds and meanings of Chinese characters, was not his invention, but he is credited with systematising it. The Hwawanggye tells of the peony, king of flowers, torn between a flattering rose and an upright pasqueflower, urging the king to keep away from flatterers and uphold virtue. Under King Hyeonjong of Goryeo he was posthumously titled Marquis Hongyu and enshrined in the Confucian shrine.

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AD 682Founding of the National Academy (Gukhak)related figure
King Sinmun founded the Gukhak, a Confucian academy to train officials steeped in Confucian political ideals who would support the throne.

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King SinmunAD 692
Munmu's son and 31st king of Silla, who crushed Kim Heum-dol's revolt and strengthened royal power through the National Academy, the nine provinces and office-land grants
Gangsu
Head-rank-six Confucian scholar of Silla whose skill at diplomatic letters served Kings Muyeol and Munmu

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Educational Institutions Through the AgesAD 372 – 1943
From the Taehak and Gukhak to the Gukjagam and Seonggyungwan, modern schools and the colonial education ordinances — state schools that trained officials and the private schools that filled the gaps