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The Piram Confucian School was a [[Neo-Confucianism|Confucian]] academy located in [[Jangseong]], Korea. It was one of only 47 such schools in all of Korea to survive reforms in the 1860s-1870s headed by the [[Taewongun]], who closed most Confucian academies as part of efforts to rapidly modernize Korea.
The school was established in memory of [[Kim Inhu]] ([[1510]]-[[1560]]), a Confucian scholar who had been the personal tutor to [[King Injong]]. After Injong died young, Kim declined to serve under his successor, [[King Myeongjong]], citing a principled devotion to the idea that a man should serve only one king. Kim then returned to Jangseong, where he taught more privately for the rest of his life.
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==References==
*Kim Myun-Joong, "Jangseong: A Home to Healing," ''Asiana: Culture, Style, View'', Feb 2017, 44.
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