born 1501
died 1570
Korean religious leader, the foremost Korean Confucian.
He helped shape the character of Korean Confucianism through his creative interpretation of Zhu Xi 's teaching. His To Become a Sage: The Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning , an aid for educating the king, offered a depiction of all the major concepts in Mencius 's four basic human feelings (commiseration, shame, modesty, right versus wrong) and seven emotions.