Kang Hang

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]

Kang Hang
Hangul
강항
Hanja
姜沆
Revised RomanizationGang Hang
McCune–ReischauerKang Hang

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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