What is Yi I?
{{Korean name|Yi}} [[File:Sitting Yi I.jpg|thumb|180px|Yi I]] '''Yi I''' (1536 – 1584) was a [[Korea]]n [[Confucianism|Confucian]] [[wikt:scholar|scholar]]. His mother was a famous [[calligraphy|calligraphist]], Shin Saimdang. He was very intelligent as a child, learning to read at three and being very bright at his studies. He was also devoted to his parents: when his mother was sick, he prayed to his [[ancestor]]s to heal her; and when his father was sick, he cut his own finger with a knife and let his father drink his blood (at that time, people thought human blood was very good medicine). [[File:5000 won serieV obverse.jpeg|right|250px|thumb|Yi I on the currently circulating 5,000 [[South Korean won|won]] note]] == Works == {{Wikisource|Author:Yi I}} * Seonghakjipyo (성학집요 聖學輯要) * Gyeokmongyogyeol (격몽요결 擊蒙要訣) * Donghomundap (동호문답 東湖問答) * Gijasilgi (기자실기 箕子實記) * Gyeongyeonilgi (경연일기 經筵日記) * Suneon (순언 醇言) {{Authority control}} [[Category:Korean people]] [[Category:Confucianism]] [[Category:1536 births]] [[Category:1584 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}