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	Sejong the Great of Joseon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sejong was the third son of King Taejong.
		King Sejong also oversaw the creation of Hangul and announced it to the Korean people in the Hunminjeongeum (훈민정음), which was an announcement composed of both Hangul and Hanja.
		Sejong died at the age of 53 and was buried at the Yeong Mausoleum (영릉; 英陵) in 1450.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Sejong_the_Great_of_Joseon (1008 words)

	Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Gwanggaeto died of disease in 413, at the age of 39.
		Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is one of two rulers of Korea who were given the title 'Great' after their name (the other one being King Sejong the Great of Joseon, who created the Korean alphabet).
		The Gwanggaeto Stele, a six-meter monument erected by King Jangsu in 414, was rediscovered in Manchuria in 1875 by a Chinese scholar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Gwanggaeto_the_Great_of_Goguryeo (1591 words)

	Sejong of Joseon
		King Sejong the Great (세종대왕 ; 世宗大王) (April 10, 1397-February 10, 1450), born Yi Do (이도 ; 李祹), was the fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty[?] of Korea from 1419–1450 and a skilled linguist who created Han-geul, the native Korean alphabet.
		Sejong was the third son of King Taejong[?] (Yi Bangweon).
		In addition to being a linguist and an inventor, Sejong was also a writer.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/King_Sejong.html (294 words)

	History of Korea: Early Joseon Period
		King Sejong persisted in his determination to promote Hangeul for the benefit of the people, and Hunmin Jeongeum, or "The Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People," was distributed in 1446.
		King Sejong's interest in astronomical science was comprehensive and sun dials, water clocks, orreries of the solar system, celestial globes, astronomical maps, and atlases of the seven planets were produced at his instigation.
		King Sejong's land tax reform, health policy and invention of the Korean alphabet all contributed to the improvement of life of the people.
	www.koreaaward.com /korea/history_EarlyJoseonPeriod_01.htm (735 words)

	King Sejong and the Invention of Hangul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Sejong was the fourth king of the Yi dynasty of Korea, which was the dynasty that ruled the country from 1392-1910.
		Sejong is recognized as one of Korea’s greatest kings and his most well-known achievement was the introduction of the Korean script, Hangul.
		King Sejong’s purpose, therefore, was to broaden understanding of a genuine Korean form of expression which would be available to all Korean people and which would, at the same time, help to free them from forms of thinking imposed upon them by having to use an alien language.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/east_asian_history/104567 (363 words)

	Background Essay no. 57 \| King Sejong the Great \| AskAsia.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Sejong, whose epithet is "the Great," is considered to have been one of the most outstanding Korean kings of the Choson Kingdom (1392-1910).
		King Sejong believed that the basis of good government was a ruler with broad-ranging knowledge, virtue, and the ability to recognize and utilize men of talent for government service.
		King Sejong also sponsored numerous scientific inventions, including the rain gauge, sundial, water clock, celestial globes, astronomical maps, and the orrery, a mechanical representation of the solar system.
	www.askasia.org /teachers/essays/essay.php?no=57 (761 words)

	Language Log: Hangul Day
		King Sejong (and#xC138;and#xC885;and#xB300;and#xC655; in Hangul, and#x4E16;and#x5B97;and#x5927;and#x738B; in Chinese characters), the fourth king of the...
		King Sejong (세종대왕 in Hangul, 世宗大王; in Chinese characters), the fourth king of the Choson dynasty, was born May 6, 1397 and ascended the throne in 1418 at the age of 21.
		King Sejong was not merely a great scholar; he was a great humanitarian.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/002529.html (1714 words)

	King Sejong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Sejong the Great is regarded as the most enlightened king in Korean history.
		King Sejong was born in 1397, and ascended the throne in 1418 at the age of 21.
		King Sejong often referred to his sword and swordsmanship in his journal.
	members.aol.com /ABurrese/kingsejong.html (779 words)

	Se-jong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Sejong is best known for inventing the Korean Hangul alphabet in 1443 A.D. The hangul was later reduced from 28 to 24 letters.
		King Sejong was a skilled swordsman and often referred to the sword.
		King Sejong's strength of character and remarkable intellect were combined with genuine humility.
	tkdtutor.com /10Patterns/19SeJong/SeJongInfo.htm (611 words)

	ooBdoo
		After the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea by Silla in 676, Korea was ruled by a single government and maintained political and cultural independence, despite the Mongol invasions of the Goryeo Dynasty in the 13th century and Japanese invasions of the Joseon Dynasty in the 16th century.
		Korean civilization reached its height in the 15th century, during the reign of King Sejong the Great, when the Korean alphabet hangul was created and turtle ships, possibly the world's first ironclad warships, were deployed.
		King Sejong the Great (1418-1450) promulgated Hangul, the Korean alphabet, and reigned over cultural and technological advances.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Korea (3350 words)

	Welcome to the Korean Cultural Service
		King Sejong, the motivating force behind Hangeul, is considered to be one of the greatest rulers in the history of Korea.
		During his reign, King Sejong always deplored the fact that the common people, ignorant of the complicated Chinese characters that were being used by the educated, were not able to read and write.
		King Sejong and the scholars of the Jiphyeonjeon, inventors of the Korean alphabet, considered human sounds as being more than mere physical phenomena.
	www.koreanculture.org /06about_korea/language.htm (1483 words)

	S'sirum
		King Sejong was born in 1397 during the Yi Dynasty.
		King Sejong became the 4th monarch of the Chosen Kingdom.
		King Sejong has done such a great deed in helping Korea grow that he was called King Sejong the Great.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /KingsGlenES/stuact/stupages/korea/sejong.htm (197 words)

	Korean History - Early Choson Period
		The ninth King of Choson Dynasty, Songjong (r.1469-1494) ascended to the throne as a child and ruled under the regency of the dowager queen and minister-consultants.
		King Songjong's successor in 1495 was King Yonsan-gun, whose reign was noted for his unscrupulous suppression of the literati.
		King Sonjo and the royal princess fled to the northern provinces and appealed to the Ming Emperor for aid against invaders.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/korea/history/early_choson_period.htm (3847 words)

	King Sejong of Joseon - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		King Sejong the Great (世宗大王) (6th May 1397 to 18th May 1450) was born I-Do, and was the fourth King of the Joseon Dynasty from 1418 to 1450, after his father abdicated in his favour.
		King Sejong was a fair administrator, and his reforms were implemented with the aim to improve the life of common people, with projects initiated to offer relief in times of drought and flood, such as local offices to provide shelter and food.
		At the age of 52, King Sejong died and was interred at the Yeong Mausoleum, and succeeded by his first son, Munjong, leaving behind him a tremendous legacy that did much to influence the shape of Korean history, culture and society.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=2016 (1489 words)

	Interactive Korea: Culture/Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the preface of its proclamation, King Sejong states as follows: "Being of foreign origin, Chinese characters are incapable of capturing uniquely Korean meanings.
		When first proclaimed by King Sejong, Hunmin chong-um had 28 letters in all, of which only 24 are in use today.
		This is the basic framework that King Sejong and the Chiphyonjon scholars adhered to when created the letters.
	userpages.umbc.edu /~skim32/IFSM403/language.html (604 words)

	Untitled Document
		King Sejong is considered one of the greatest rulers in the history of Korea.
		He was King of virtue with the welfare of the people dictating all policy formulations.
		During his reign, King Sejong always deplored the fact that the common people were not able to read and write.
	homepages.wmich.edu /~b9park/Hangul.htm (557 words)

	Honey's Korean Lessons \| Learn more about Korean culture while learning the language!
		King Sejong, the creator of Han-gul, is considered to be one of the greatest rulers in the history of Korea.
		King Sejong and the scholars of the Chiphyonjon, creators of the Korean alphabet, considered human sounds as being more than mere physical phenomena.
		Surely, King Sejong's intent was to enrich the lives of the people by creating Han-gul, and not to make scholars out of all his subjects.
	www.freewebs.com /koreanhoney/koreanalphabet.htm (1561 words)

	Korean History
		Korea, being a peninsula and being surrounded by the great powers of the Orient, has been subject to invasions throughout its history by warring nations from China and Manchuria to the north and from Japan to the east.
		King Sejong the Great began his reign in 1418.
		In the early 1420 King Sejong also gathered many scholars to create a phonetic language which has 11 vowels and 17 consonants to form the Korean written language known as Han'gul.
	www.gleejoseph.com /KoreaHistory.htm (1167 words)

	RAIN GAUGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The son of King Sejong the Great, of Choson Dynasty from 1418 to 1450 in China, invented the earliest rain gauge.
		King Sejong was always trying to improve the farming technology in his villages.
		When King Munjong, King Sejong's son, took over the villages he invented a rain gauge while measuring the rainfall at his palace.
	www.carlinvilleschools.net /middle/cms2002/weather/raingaug.htm (123 words)

	Biography of Sejong \| Life of Sejong
		Sejong (1397-1450) was a Korean king and inventor of the Korean alphabet.
		In addition to the assistance of the crown prince (later reigned as Munjong, 1450-1452), Sejong was helped by two other capable sons, Princes Anp'yong and Suyang (Sejo).
		Further Reading Sejong's reign is discussed in Takashi Hatada, A History of Korea, translated and edited by Warren W. Smith, Jr., and Benjamin H. Hazard (1969); and Woo-keun Han, The History of Korea, edited by Grafton Mintz (trans.
	www.essayboom.com /biographies/Sejong-33831.html (332 words)

	Seattle Art Museum: Grandfather's House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At the time when King Sejong decided that the people of Korea should have their own system of writing, Korean scholars were immersed in studying classical Chinese histories, poetry, and religious texts.
		It was the hope of King Sejong that all Koreans would one day be able to express themselves through writing letters and verses, and enjoy reading scriptures in their own language.
		Great calligraphers would have been celebrated as much as great painters and poets, and the greatest of artists would have excelled in all three art forms.
	www.seattleartmuseum.org /exhibit/archive/grandfathershouse/lessons/lesson4a.htm (551 words)

	The King's Secret - Legend of King Sejong Book Review
		The King's Secret by Carol Farley is the story of the creation of the Korean Hangul alphabet by King Sejong 600 years ago.
		King Sejong is struck by his plight, and vows to create a simple alphabet that everyone in Korea can use.
		With his scholars, King Sejong devises a simple alphabet based on the unique sounds of Korea.
	www.comeunity.com /adoption/books/bkkingssecret.html (214 words)

	Globaled: South Korea The Language of Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1443, King Sejong the Great commissioned a group of scholars to develop HUNMINCHONGUM, or "script for the people", which would make reading and writing of the Korean language easy for all people, regardless of class.
		The king, however, persisted and the result is one of the greatest cultural legacies of the Korean people.
		When King Sejong presented Han'gul to the public, he said, "Talented persons will learn Han'gul in a single morning, and even foolish persons will understand it in ten days".
	cspace.unb.ca /nbco/globaled/skorea/act7c.html (270 words)

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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/15/15th_century.html (597 words)

	Nomination Form: UNESCO-CI
		Therefore King Sejong, after studying Chinese prosody and the orthographies of neighbouring countries and analyzing the current state of Korean phonology, invented the 28 alphabetic letters of the Hunmin Chongum, which both allowed a perfect representation of Korean and were easy to learn.
		King Sejong, feeling the need for the creation of a new writing system, led the top scholars of the Hall of Worthies in decades of intensive research towards that goal.
		It is a great task to designate Hunmin Chongum, of which there is only one in the world, as not only a national treasure of Korea but also a world cultural relic which should be preserved forever.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3888&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (5048 words)

	decodeunicode.org . Unicode Blocks . Hangul Jamo
		It was devised by a group of scholars working on behalf of the Korean King Sejong the Great (born 1397) in the years between 1443 and 1446.
		As opposed to the usual gradual evolving Hangul was invented between 1443 and 1446 by a group of scholars working for the Korean King Sejong the Great who had assigned them with the invention of an independent new writing system.
		King Sejong the Great was the fourth king of the Li dynasty and the king most concerned with the well-being and independence of his people.
	www.decodeunicode.org /w3.php?viewMode=block&ucHex=1100 (1760 words)

	Nomination Form: UNESCO-CI
		Especially, as gyeongyeon took the role of a channel of communication through which the king could impart his aims for education and his political opinions, they were recorded in detail, including the time and place, a list of those in attendance, and the subjects of discussion.
		The diaries from the reign of King Yeongjo to the reign of King Jeongjo, the period often referred to as the Korean Renaissance, are of particular value in the way they reveal the intriguing historic background of those fast-changing times.
		The Structure and Role of the Seungjeongwon: The Seungjeongwon, the Royal Secretariat, established in 1433 (the 15th year of King Sejong), was composed of six royal secretaries, or seungji (senior grade of the 3rd court rank), and two scribes, or juseo (senior grade of the 7th court rank).
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3944&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (4652 words)

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