이후 퇴계 이황이 풍기군수로 부임하면서 1550년에 왕에게 진언을 올려 '소수서원'이라는 현판을 하사받아 오늘에 이르고 있다.
Later on, when Toegye Yi Hwang was appointed as the head of Punggi-gun, he was given a mantra to the king in 1550 and was given a signboard called Sosu seowon.