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The Mount Myohyang copy was moved to Jeoksangsan in 1633. Part of the Manisan collection was lost during the 1636 Qing invasion of Joseon, and the surviving volumes moved to Jeongjok-san on Ganghwa Island in 1678. [14] During the 1910–1945 Japanese colonial period, the records went under the control of the Japanese colonial government.
History of the Joseon dynasty. This article explains the history of the Joseon dynasty, which ruled Korea from 1392 to 1897. The history of Joseon is largely divided into two parts: the early period and the late period; some divide it into three parts, including a middle period. The standard for dividing the early and the late periods is the ...
The Joseon period has left a substantial legacy to modern Korea; much of modern Korean culture, etiquette, norms, and societal attitudes toward current issues, along with the modern Korean language and its dialects, derive from the culture and traditions of Joseon. Modern Korean bureaucracy and administrative divisions were also established ...
Inhyeon wanghu jeon ( Korean: 인현왕후전) is a novel written in Hangul about Queen Inhyeon (1667 – 1701), the second queen consort of King Sukjong of Joseon (1661 – 1720). She becomes queen and moves into the royal palace, only to be dethroned due to the slander by Jang Hui-bin, the King's concubine. But later, she clears her name and ...
Jeonggamnok. The Jeonggamnok (정감록; 鄭鑑錄) (also known as Chŏng Kam nok) is a compilation of prophetic works which foretold the downfall of the Korean Yi (Joseon) dynasty and the establishment of a new utopian dynasty by a messianic "True Man" with the surname Jeong (Chŏng). Ideologies expressed in this work inspired many ...
Gogeumsochong ( Korean : 고금소총) is a collection of eleven different anthologies of stories collected throughout the early to late Joseon. A replica copy of Gogeumsochong was published in 1958 by Folklore Research Association, containing 11 types of scruple and 800 pieces of plots. In 1970, a total 379 tales were collected under the same ...
Gyeongbokgung (Korean: 경복궁; Hanja: 景福宮; lit. Blessing Scenery Palace), also known as Gyeongbokgung Palace, was the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. Built in 1395, it is located in northern Seoul, South Korea. The largest of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon dynasty, Gyeongbokgung served as the home of the royal ...
Society in the Joseon dynasty was built upon Neo-Confucianist ideals, namely the three fundamental principles and five moral disciplines. There were four classes: the yangban nobility, the "middle class" jungin, sangmin, or the commoners, and the cheonmin, the outcasts at the very bottom. Society was ruled by the yangban, who constituted 10% of ...