Yu Hyeong-won

Yu Hyeong-won, also spelled as Yoo Hyung-Won, was a Korean philosopher. His art name was Ban'gye (磻溪). He was a Neo-Confucianist and science scholar of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was a Korean pioneer of the early silhak school as well as a social critic and scholar of the late Joseon period. He was the disciple of Misu Hŏ Mok and second cousin of the silhak scholar Seongho Yi Ik.