Yi Eon-jeok (25 November 1491 — 23 November 1553), sometimes known by his pen name Hoejae, was a Korean philosopher and politician during the Joseon dynasty. He was a public official and intellectual of the middle era of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was born and died in Gyeongju, then the capital of Gyeongsang province. Like most intellectuals from Gyeongsang in this period, he was a member of the Sarim faction. He contributed to the polarity-nonpolarity (mugeuk-taegeuk) debate in classical Korean Confucianism. A scion of the Yeoju Yi clan, he passed the literary section of the gwageo in 1514 and entered government service. He was twice expelled from service and then re-hired due to factional strife. He was exiled after Fourth Literati Purge of 1545. He spent the intervening periods teaching on Jaok Mountain in Gyeongju. After his death, the Oksan Seowon was erected on Jaok Mountain to venerate his memory. It still stands today in Angang-eup, Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. It was excoriated in Uijeongbu YeonguI Pavilion in 1568 and was established in Jongmyo Shrine in 1569 (King Seonjo 2), and was engaged in Mungmyeong in 1610 (Gwanghagun 2). In addition, the ancestral tablets were enshrined in 17 Seowon schools across the country, including Oksan Seowon in Gyeongju. Yi's main work is titled " Yi Eon-jeong's Old Baseon", and is designated as Treasure No. 586. Other writings are kept at Dok-rak and Oksan Seowon. Through his adoptive son, Yi eventually became the maternal adoptive great-great-great-great-grandfather of Queen Inhyeon, the second wife of King Sukjong. Family Great-Grandfather Yi Sung-rye (이숭례, 李崇禮) Great-Grandmother Lady Yang of the Cheongju Yang clan (청주 양씨) Grandfather Yi Su-hoe (이수회, 李壽會) Grandmother Lady Yi of the Gyeongju Yi clan (경주 이씨); youngest daughter Yi Muk (이묵, 李默) Father Yi Beon (이번, 李蕃) (1463 - February 1500) Uncle - Yi Pil (이필, 李苾) Aunt - Lady Jeong of the Ohcheon Jeong clan (오천 정씨); daughter of Jeong Heun (정흔, 鄭昕) Cousin - Yi Tong (이통, 李通) Cousin-in-law - Lady Yi (이씨) First cousin - Yi Eung-in (이응인, 李膺仁); became the adoptive son of Yi Eon-jeok Mother Lady Son of the Gyeongju Son clan (경주 손씨) (? - June 1548) Grandfather - Son So (손소, 孫昭) (1433 - 1484) Great-Grandfather - Son Sa-seong (손사성, 孫士晟) (1396 - 1477) Great-Grandmother - Lady Kwon of the Andong Kwon clan (안동 권씨); daughter of Kwon Myeong-ri (권명리,