Kang Hang

Kang Hang
Hangul 강항
Hanja 姜沆
Revised Romanization Gang Hang
McCune–Reischauer Kang Hang
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kang.

Kang Hang (1567–1618) was a Korean scholar who was taken prisoner by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1597.[1] He was taken to Japan where he was influential in passing on neo-Confucianist ideas.[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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