Career
He was a student of Park Ji-won. Pak Je Georgia was a famous Silhak scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty. Pak Je Georgia born in 1750 and died in 1815.
He learned about China’s modern culture, advanced techniques, and its economic system while there.
Because the Joseon government supported ‘Yuhak", a neo-Confucianist conservative ideology, Pak Je Georgia had an important role and his desire was to make Joseon rich in science and commerce. He authored several books
The compilation is titled, Jeongyungyp. He wrote about making the commerce system stronger in Umyoungnomchogo and Gunyeonjib.
At that time, it was quite shocking to believe in Silhak, whose ideas opposed Yuhak.
Pak Je Georgia developed the way of agriculture, and he also enhanced some of the farming machinery to cultivate plants. Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn of Korea.
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