Kang Hang

Kang Hang
Hangul
강항
Hanja
姜沆
RRGang Hang
MRKang Hang
In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Kang Hang (Korean: 강항; Hanja: 姜沆; 1567–1618) was a Korean philosopher in Japan during the late Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period. In 1597, he was taken prisoner by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during his second invasion of Joseon in the Imjin War.[1] He was taken to Japan where he was influential in passing on neo-Confucianist ideas to the people there.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ja-hyun Kim Haboush, Kenneth R. Robinson (2013), A Korean War Captive in Japan, 1597-1600: The Writings of Kang Hang, Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231535113
  2. ^ Kim Ha-tai (April 1961), "The Transmission of Neo-Confucianism to Japan by Kang Hang, a Prisoner of War", Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (37): 83–103


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