<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Le nyuvesi yasungulwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuba iKorea ithole inkululeko. Abasunguli beDaejongkyo, lapho bebuyela eKorea belandela  <response>: Ukuzinikela kwamaJapane ngemva kweminyaka yokudingiselwa eChina, kwabeka phambili ukusungulwa kwesikhungo semfundo. Ngenxa yalokho, ngo-1946, basungula isikole, sabe sesibizwa ngokuthi iHongmoon-daehakgwan 홍문대학관. ULee Hung Soo, isishoshovu esizimele saseKorea esicebile, wanikela ngemali yokuqala eyasetshenziswa eyunivesithi lapho iqala khona. Ngo-August 1948, iHongik University neHongik Foundation yamukelwa ngokusemthethweni uhulumeni waseKorea. 