Dosa Seowon Students' Dorm

The earliest students' dorm was designed by Toegye in the shape of the Chinese letter I for learning. Sadly, although very scholarly, this meant that the back of the house was poorly lit (the academy is South-facing) hence the need for so many windows...

Andong Day 3

September 12th 2012
Today I headed for Dosan Seowon, a famous (in Korea) Confucian Academy established by the renouned Korean scholar, Toegye (at least that was his pen name). Both scholar and academy are artistically featured on the 1,000 won note, which is about as common as a £1 coin or a dollar note. So I was already well acquainted with the place and man Nevertheless, I braved the vagaries of the Andong bus s ... read more

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more

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