나주시문화관광

Owner : 사유 Scale : 서원 일원 Number : Monument No. 29 Era : Mid-chosun Dynasty (1690) Designated date : 28418 Micheonseowon Confucian Academy was the place of study for Misu Heo Mok and Chae Je-gong, who were the head of Namin and noted premier in the Joseon Dynasty. The academy buildings include a shrine, auditorium, two old Jangpangaks, new Jangpangak, inner three gates, outer three gates and Gyojiksa among other buildings. Misu Heo Mok was a civil official and scholar in the mid-Joseon Dynasty, and he was the husband of the granddaughter of Ori Yi Won-ik, who was a noted premier during the reign of King Injo. It’s been said that Heo Mok was the epitome of a virtuous and incorruptible classical scholar. Opposing the deposal of Queen Dowager Inmok, he resigned from his government position and began studying neo-Confucianism and the study of proprieties under the tutelage of Jeong Gu. Then, after the death of his mentor and the Injo Restoration, he returned to his hometown. The Confucian academy where he taught his students was built in the 16th year of King Sukjong’s reign, and the name, “Micheonseowon” and the signboard were given by the king three years later. Behind the auditorium, there is a spring called Micheon. People say that the villagers in the area didn’t even think to dig a well even though they were without water, the young Heo Mok told them, ‘You’ll find water in the spot that I describe to you.’ The villagers indeed found a spring underneath the spot described by Heo, and they no longer had to suffer from thirst again. This is why the spring came to be called Micheon, from which the name of the academy was derived.