10 Facts About Choe Han-gi

Choe Han-gi was a Korean Confucian scholar and philosopher.

Choe Han-gi is known for integrating Eastern philosophy with Western science in pre-industrial Korea.

Choe Han-gi's father was Choe Chihyeon of the Saknyeong Choe family, and his mother was a daughter of Han Kyong-ni of the Cheongju Han family.

Choe Han-gi spent his life establishing his own version of a perfect Confucian philosophy and studied Western science to support Qi's absolute principle.

Choe Han-gi refused to believe Newton's acknowledgment of an omnipotent god who is the creator of everything, and all matter and non-matter following his rules.

Choe Han-gi appreciated the facts and theories of Western science with which he constructed a philosophy that realized the true nature of Qi.

Choe Han-gi argued that Newtonian mechanics was more inclined toward mathematics and neglected the true nature of Qi and that all the problems and theories that were unresolved in the West at the time could be solved by the mechanism of Qi globes.

Choe Han-gi was buried in the Nokbunri neighborhood of Seoul, today's Nokbeon-dong.

Choe Han-gi's writings were based on traditional Confucian philosophy and Western science.

Choe Han-gi divided the oceans into the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, northern Arctic, and the Antarctic.