Seo Gyeong-deok

Seo Gyeong-deok
Hangul
서경덕
Hanja
徐敬德
RRSeo Gyeongdeok
MRSŏ Kyŏngdŏk
Art name
Hangul
화담
Hanja
花潭
RRHwadam
MRHwadam

Seo Gyeong-deok (Korean: 서경덕; Hanja: 徐敬德; 18 March 1489 – 13 August 1546) was a Korean Neo-Confucianist philosopher during the Joseon period. His philosophy studied materialism and phenomenology based on ancient taoist philosophy theories absorbed by neoconfucianism, like Yin and Yang and Ki.