Hongik Ingan
Educational motto of South Korea
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Hongik Ingan (Korean: 홍익인간) is the official educational motto of South Korea.[1] The phrase can be translated to English as "To broadly benefit the human world".[2] Hongik Ingan was the founding principle of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, and the first major idea conceptualized by its founding king, Dangun Wanggeom.[3]
See also
- Three Principles of the Equality
- Strong and Prosperous Nation
- Ilminism — "Political Hongik Ingan" based on Ilminism is synonymous with Ahn Ho-sang's concept of "Dangun nationalism" to combat communism. Ahn was educated at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena in Germany. His work lasted between 1949 and 1952.[4]
