Name: Graveyard of Misu Mok Hur Appointment Category: Gyeonggi-do Monument No. 184 Location: Gangseo-li San 90, Wangjing-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun Date of Appointment: Jun 16, 2002

About Cultural Properties
This is a graveyard of Mok Hur(1595~1682), a great scholar in the mid Chosun Dynasty.
Formal names of Mok Hur were Munbo and Hwabo, his pen name is Misu, and his family origin is Yangcheon. He was born a son of Gyo Hur, a local governor of Yeoncheon, in 1595. He was educated by Euonwoong Jung in 1615(7 th year of Gwanghaegun). In 1617, when his father was appointed as governor of Geochang, he followed his father and went to Oui Mun to learn from him.
In 1624(2 nd year of King Injo), he lived in Uchon in Gwangju, dedicate his life to reading and calligraphy to complete his unique book.

As it was indicated throughout his life, he did not take any official positions or, if he did, resigned not long after he took the position although he had many opportunities to be in politics. He started his political career in 1678, and moved to Minister of Culture when Western party were overthrown and Southern party occupied the cabinet, then was promoted to one of the top 3 ministers in the cabinet, without taking additional exam for promotion.

In 1678, although he was appointed an honorary position, he resigned shortly after and returned to his hometown Yeoncheon dedicate to writing and education.
He was committed to research on School of Jae and the Confucian classics, learn from Gu Jung, a student of Nammyeong Sik Jo. Especially, he was a master of study of salutation, old studies, drawings, calligraphy, and writing.

After death of King Hyojong, debate over royal ceremony with Shiyeol Song, a famous scholar among contemporaries, is well known. He received Munjung, a poet’s pen name after his death. Of his literature includes History of East, Collection of works by Misu, Theory of Principle, and Collection of Salutation. He was especially a master in writing in seal characters, and praised as the best in the east, which can be shown in words on his tombstone and monument for tide-calming in east coast in Samcheuk. Stone figure in his graveyard is in black, which is unique for stone figures, with artistic sophistication.