Village Seowon, which combined the function of Confucian shrines with educational institutions, often reflected the factional alignment of the local elites.
Following these setbacks, the Sarim faction withdrew to rural provinces where they maintained power base and ideological continuity through Seowon and Hyang'yak (a system of social contract that gave local autonomy to villages).
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Village Seowon, which combined the functions of Confucian shrines with educational institutions, often reflected the factional alignment of the local elite.
Sosu Seowon grew in prestige because it enshrined An Hyang (1243 -1306), a local a Confucian scholar who lived during the end of the Goryeo Dynasty who had brought Neo-Confucianism to Korea from China in the 13th century.