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Hongik Ingan

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

Hongik Ingan (Korean홍익인간) 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]

  1. ^ "교육기본법". www.law.go.kr. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "A New Way of Seeing Country Social Responsibility" (PDF). Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. ^ "홍익인간(弘益人間)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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