Name: 배순정려비
Address: KR

Overview

The Bae Sun jeongnyeo-bi is a memorial stele at Baejeom-ri, Sunheung-myeon, Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It honours Bae Sun, a blacksmith of the mid-Joseon period who became a disciple of Toegye Yi Hwang. It was first erected in 1649 and designated on 25 February 1993 as Tangible Cultural Heritage No. 279 of Gyeongsangbuk-do.

A jeongnyeo-bi is erected at the entrance to the village where a loyal subject, filial son or virtuous woman lived, to honour their conduct and spirit. This stele was set up for Bae Sun, who worked as a blacksmith in the area in the middle of the Joseon period.

Bae Sun is described as gentle by nature, extremely filial and inclined to learning, and he became a disciple of Toegye Yi Hwang. He was the only commoner among Toegye's disciples. When Toegye died he wore the three-year mourning dress and made an image of his teacher from iron. In 1615, the seventh year of Gwanghaegun, he was commended as a loyal subject.

The stele was erected in 1649, the 27th year of Injo, by his grandson Bae Jong. In 1755, the 31st year of Yeongjo, it was re-erected by Im Manyu, a seventh-generation descendant through the female line, who added the words "loyal subject" (chungsin) to the inscription.

배순정려비

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