Seoak Seowon

{{Short description|Korean private school}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Seoak Seowon

| iucn_category =

| iucn_ref =

| photo = 서악서원.jpg

| photo_caption =

| map = South Korea

| locmapin =

| map_relief =

| map_width =

| map_caption =

| map_dot_mark =

| map_dot_label =

| coordinates = {{coord|35.82763|129.18860|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:region:KR}}

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

|img=

|caption=

|hangul=서악서원

|hanja=西岳書院

|rr=Seoak Seowon

|mr=Soak Sŏwŏn

}}

The Seoak Seowon is a seowon located in the neighborhood of Seoak-dong, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Seowon was a type of local academy during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). It was established by local Confucian scholars especially Yi Jeong (李楨 1578 - 1607) in 1651, the second year of King Hyojong's reign, to commemorate the virtue and scholarly achievements of scholar Seol Chong, and Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn and General Kim Yu-sin. The enshrined people played important roles in the unification of Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla.(2009) [http://eguide.gj.go.kr/detail_view/Detail_view.jsp?cid=8353&tab=1 Seoak Seowon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140310/http://eguide.gj.go.kr/detail_view/Detail_view.jsp?cid=8353&tab=1 |date=2011-07-22 }} Gyeongju U-Tourism Organization{{in lang|ko}} [http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=254158&v=42 서악서원 西岳書院] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610060151/http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=254158&v=42 |date=2011-06-10 }} Nate / EncyKorea