Hongik Ingan
| Hongik Ingan | |
| Hangul | 홍익인간 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 弘益人間 |
Hongikingan (Hangul: 홍익인간; Hanja: 弘益人間) is the unofficial national motto of South Korea. The phrase is English translated as "Benefit Broadly in the Human World/Devotion to the Welfare of Humanity".[1]
The phrase may also be translated as "Live and work for the benefit of all mankind."[2]
The Korean Spirit and Cultural Promotion Project's blog[3] describes Hongik Ingan as "the original founding philosophy of Kirea, which transcends the boundaries of ideology and religion."
This philosophy is represented in the lives of Queens Seondeok, Shin Saimdang, and Yi Yoluk, "who were all distinguished by their self-discipline, reverence, compassion and" devotion to duty in the face of hardships.[4]
Queen Seondeok of Silla, the first female monarch in Korean history ruled from 632 to 647 C.E. Please see [].
References
- ↑ "A New Way of Seeing Country Social Responsibility" (PDF). Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ↑ "The Practice of Hongik Ingan: Lives of Queen[s] Seondeok, Shin Saimdang, and Yi Yulgok" by the Korean Spirit and Cultural Project, published by the Diamond Sutra Recitation Group, March 2011
- ↑ https://koreaingan.wordpress.com/about/
- ↑ Ibid., "The Practice of Hongik Ingan"