Goun Choi Chi-won(857-?) made his name for himself as a writer, serving in central and local government posts for more than a decade after returning from studying abroad in the Tang Dynasty. Having experienced the rebellion of Huang Chao(黄巢) in th...
Goun Choi Chi-won(857-?) made his name for himself as a writer, serving in central and local government posts for more than a decade after returning from studying abroad in the Tang Dynasty. Having experienced the rebellion of Huang Chao(黄巢) in the Tang Dynasty, he tried to correct promiscuous politics by raising about 10 groups of municipal and provincial governments to carry out his career in the face of social humiliation, including corruption in the center and rebellion in the provinces. However, no reform proposals or real wills were accepted by the derogatory people in the social structure. Eventually, he felt frustrated with the royal family and retired from office at the age of 40. Among the places where Choi Chi-won wandered freely, Haeundae is named after his ruler Haeun(海雲) and is noteworthy for its large inscription of Haeundae(海雲臺) on a wide rock on the cliff south of Dongbaek Island.
If Choi Chi-won is mentioned, the key word related to Choi would be Pungryu(風流). Pungryu is interpreted in various dictionary meanings, including Choi Chi-won's philosophy thought and Secretary of the Nangrang, which is a strange province that cannot be expressed in words, but the province is not far from humans, and is a spirit of fusion that can communicate the Three Bridges with human self-reliance. This spirit of fusion is a subtle combination that cannot be discussed only on either side of Confucianism, Buddhism, or Taoism. Based on Choi Chi-won's ideas, the current is a deokpung(德風) that embraces all ideas with a gentle mind and seeks great harmony beyond division and conflict by self-righteousness and self-reliance. In other words, the custom is the universal sentiment of our people, the 'open mind' that is not insisted on a single religion or idea. The custom of being an open mind is to be 'slow', 'class', 'beautiful' and 'moved'.
Choi Chi-won lived an active and fierce life as a scholar at the time, and was a person who escaped from reality by dreaming of ideal as a minister of silver and silver. Haewoondae, where he left his mark, was also a place where his spirit of enlightenment crossed the boundary between Seonbi and Sinseon, and such spirit was engraved on the rocks until today. As Choi Chi-won was reminded of Haeundae in the Joseon Dynasty, the three letters Haeundae still represent Choi Chi-won's spirit of wind and current in the midst of a thousand years of wind waves. In other words, just as Choi Chi-won's style is symbolized by the deokpung of the gentle Korean people's open mind, Haeundae Seokgak(海雲臺石刻), which has Choi Chi-won's spirit, is also simple, elegant, and beautiful.