Hongik Ingan

Hongik Ingan
Hangul
홍익인간
Hanja
弘益人間
Revised RomanizationHongigingan
McCune–ReischauerHongigin'gan

Hongik Ingan (Korean: 홍익인간) is the official educational motto of South Korea. The phrase can be translated to English as "To broadly benefit the human world". Hongik Ingan was the founding principle of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, and the first major idea conceptualized by its founding king, Dangun Wanggeom.