Yeongcheon

Yŏngch'ŏn, later known as Yŏngju, lies in the northern reaches of Kyŏngsang among valleys below the Sobaek Mountains. Nearby Sunhŭng became an important centre of Confucian learning. In 1543 the magistrate Chu Sebung established an academy there to honour An Hyang, a scholar associated with the introduction of Neo-Confucian learning to Korea. Scholars from Yŏngch'ŏn and neighbouring districts helped sustain its teaching.