He was a public official and intellectual of the middle era of the Joseon period of Korea.
[1] A scion of the Yeoju Yi clan,[2] he passed the literary section of the gwageo in 1514 and entered government service.
After his death, the Oksan Seowon was erected on Jaok Mountain to venerate his memory.
It still stands today in Angang-eup, Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang, South Korea.
[1] It was excoriated in Uijeongbu YeonguI Pavilion in 1568 and was established in Jongmyo Shrine in 1569 (King Seonjo 2), and was engaged in Mungmyeong in 1610 (Gwanghagun 2).