The philosophy of Wang Yang-ming was criticized and rejected as a heresy in Chosun but the
philosophy was accepted by the Ki-trended scholars in Ki-ho area. They accepted the practical idealism of
the Chinese Wang Yang-ming philosophy to overcome the social contradiction from the corrupt practice of
Chu-Hui doctrines. The Wang Yang-ming philosophy in Chosun was borne from the anti Chu-Hui
doctrines and developed into autonomous, practical, and modern-oriented doctrines. The philosophy of
Wang Yang-ming in Chosun was accepted by scholars in Ki-ho area, and it developed into the Ki-ho
academic tradition based on the Ki-ho Confucianism.