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Yudeoksa有德寺
Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) Pagodas and Images, Part Four A collection of tales of the Three Kingdoms period, compiled by Iryeon, a monk of Goryeo. He gathered the stories the official histories had cast aside. It is the oldest book that carries the myth of Dangun.
1He gave up his own house to be a temple
新羅大夫角干崔有徳捨私苐為寺,以有徳名之.逺孫三韓功臣崔彦撝掛安真影,仍有碑云.
The Silla daebu and gakgan Choe Yudeok (崔有德) gave up his private house to be a temple and named it Yudeoksa (有德寺) after himself.
His distant descendant Choe Eonwi (崔彦撝), a meritorious subject of the Three Han, hung his portrait there, and accordingly there is said to be a stele.