Yu Hyeong-won

{{Short description|Korean scholar-official (1622–1673)}}

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File:One page of Yu Hyungwon's Bangyesoorok.jpg

Yu Hyeong-won ({{Korean|hangul=유형원}}; 1622–1673), also spelled as Yoo Hyung-Won, was a Korean philosopher. His art name was Ban'gye (磻溪). He was a Neo-Confucianist and science scholar of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was a Korean pioneer of the early silhak ("practical learning") schoolKang, Jae-eun, (2006), p. 376[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/544142/Silhak Silhak] Encyclopædia Britannica as well as a social critic and scholar of the late Joseon period. He was the disciple of Misu Heo Mok and second cousin of the silhak scholar Seongho Yi Ik.

Yu was a member of the Munhwa Yu clan, and many of his extended family members held high official positions in the Joseon government.{{cite web|url=http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=271516&v=44 |script-title=ko:유형원 柳馨遠|trans-title=Yu Hyeongwon |publisher=Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |language=Korean}}{{cite web|url=http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=177973&v=44 |script-title=ko:유형원 柳馨遠|trans-title=Yu Hyeongwon |publisher=Nate / Britannica |language=Korean}} However, he did not become an official, but led the life of a reclusive scholar. His work, Bangyesurok, became influential during the reign of King Yeongjo, who was made aware of it in 1741 and authorised its printing in 1770.{{Cite Q|Q120064723|pages=9}}