Sŏng Hon

Sŏng Hon
Hangul
성혼
Hanja
成渾
RRSeong Hon
MRSŏng Hon
Art name
Hangul
우계, 묵암
Hanja
牛溪, 默庵
RRUgye, Mukam
MRUgye, Mugam
Courtesy name
Hangul
호원
Hanja
浩原
RRHowon
MRHowŏn
Posthumous name
Hangul
문간
Hanja
文簡
RRMungan
MRMun'gan

Sŏng Hon (Korean성혼; Hanja成渾; 25 June 1535 – 6 June 1598) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was a Neo-Confucianist scholar who was a close friend of the scholar Yi I (Yulgok) and an older contemporary of Yi Hwang (T'oegye), leader of the country's "western faction" (sŏin 서인, 西人) of the period.

Sŏng Hon is often referred to by his stylized name of Ugye ("bull valley") and Mugam ("black stone"). He gained eminence not only as a scholar but as a revered politician and reformer, attaining the position of Fourth State Councillor/Vice Prime Minister (Chwach'ansŏng 左贊成) in the State Council of Joseon (Ŭijŏngbu). Sŏng Hon came from the Changnyeong Sŏng clan (창녕 성씨; 昌寧 成氏).