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	Korean Architecture: Seolleung Tombs
		The Seolleung and Jeongneung tombs are the burial grounds of two Joseon kings and one Joseon queen.
		1469-94), the ninth king of the Joseon dynasty.
		This is the burial ground of King Jungjong, the 11th king of Joseon (r.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /seoul/SEOLLEUNG.htm (301 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sejo of Joseon
		King Sejo of Joseon(1417~1468, r.1455~1468) was the seventh king of Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
		King Sejong the Great (May 6, 1397 - May 18, 1450), born I Do, was the fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea from 1418 to 1450.
		King Taejong was the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and the father of King Sejong the Great.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sejo-of-Joseon (675 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Rulers of Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Baekje was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the 1st millennium CE (along with Goguryeo and Silla), and fell to Silla in 660.
		In 1392, the kingdom fell to the Joseon Dynasty.
		Joseon was the name of Korea during most the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled from the fall of Goryeo in 1392 until the beginning of the Republic of Korea in 1919.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Rulers_of_Korea (1712 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Danjong of Joseon
		King Danjong of Joseon(1441~1457) was the sixth king of Joseon Dynasty(1452~1455).
		However, the king's uncle, Sejo of Joseon successfully persuaded several scholars and officials of the court from King Sejong the Great, and led a coup against Hwangbo In and Kim Jongseo, and murdered them in front of the gate ofGyeongbokgung.
		King Sukjong of Joseon ruled Korea from 1674 to 1720, the 19th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Danjong-of-Joseon (346 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Taejong of Joseon
		King Taejong was also known for being responsible for the Oei Invasion in 1419.
		The Oei Invasion was the invasion of the Tsushima Islands by the Joseon Dynasty in 1419.
		King Jeongjong of Joseon (1357-1419) was the second king of Joseon (or Chosun) Dynasty (1399-1400).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Taejong-of-Joseon (635 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.
		Following the principles of Neo-Confucianism[?], Sejong was also a humanitarian[?] who proclaimed that there must be three trials before a final judgment is reached, and he prohibited brutality in the punishment of criminals, such as flogging.
		Sejong was the third son of King Taejong[?] (Yi Bangweon).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/King_Sejong.html (294 words)

	Gwanghae-gun of Joseon
		1608-1623) was the 15th king of the Joseon Dynasty[?].
		While the king fled north to the border with Ming, he set the branch court and fought defensive battles.
		Since he realized Joseon was unable to compete with the Manchu military power, he tried to keep friendly relationship with the Manchus, while the kingdom was still under the suzerainty of Ming, which angered Ming and dogmatic Confucist Koreans.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gw/Gwanghae-gun_of_Joseon.html (411 words)

	Sejong the Great of Joseon Summary
		Sejong (1397-1450) was a Korean king and inventor of the Korean alphabet.
		King Sejong was the fourth king of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910) of Korea.
		King Sejong had hoped to enable the masses to become literate and toward that end also commissioned many classics and Buddhist texts to be translated into the native script.
	www.bookrags.com /Sejong_the_Great_of_Joseon (0 words)

	Taejo of Joseon - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Taejo of Joseon (original name Yi Seong-gye, 이성계(李成桂) was the founder and the first king of Korea's Joseon Dynasty.
		Yi's son, Yi Bang-won (later King Taejong), threw a party for him and afterward, on his way home, Jeong was murdered by five men on the Seonjukgyo Bridge(선죽교; 善竹橋) in Kaesong.
		The 474-year-old Goryeo Dynasty ended with the exile of Gongyang and the death of Jeong Mong-ju, and was followed by the Joseon Dynasty.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/King_Taejo_of_Joseon (448 words)

	Annals of the Joseon Dynasty
		Joseon Wangjo Sillok (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty) covers 472 years (1392-1863) of the history of the reigns of 25 kings, from the dynasty's founder King Taejo to King Cheoljong.
		In chronological order, the king's everyday affairs, court functionaries' everyday reports to the king, the king's commands, and other daily matters dealt with in the public offices are compiled in 1,893 chapters in 888 books.
		When a king died, a temporary office of annals compilation was set up and the annals of his reign were published posthumously and preserved in the historical archives under rigorous management.
	www.pomnada.com /annalsjoseondynasty.html (400 words)

	국무총리실 (Prime Minister of Korea)
		King Munjong's death in 1452 brought an 11-year-old crown prince to the throne.
		King Sejo (r.1455-1468), as Prince Suyang daegun is officially known, closed the Hall of Worthies, abolished some posts in the Censorate Offices, and crippled the Office of Royal Lecturers (Gyeong-yeon), all measures designed to loosen the ideological restraints on the monarchy.
		King Seonjo and the royal princes fled to the northern provinces and appealed to the Ming Emperor for aid against the invaders.
	www.opm.go.kr /warp/webapp/content/view?meta_id=english&id=62 (3657 words)

	Gija Joseon
		Gija was the paternal uncle of the last emperor of the Chinese Shang Dynasty, the tyrannical King Zhou.
		Gija was imprisoned by the tyrant until the downfall of Shang Kingdom, when King Wu of Zhou released him.
		Whether Gija Joseon actually existed or not is a matter of great controversy; for some historians deny or ignore Gija because of nationalistic ideology.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/gi/gija_joseon.html (215 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Joseon was the last royal and later imperial dynasty of Korean antiquity, and one of the longest lasting royal states in world history (it was the longest ruling Confucian dynasty).
		Joseon was renamed the "Yi dynasty" by the Japanese to distort the fact that Joseon was a monarch state.
		King Taejo and his officials especially felt that if the legitimacy of their rule was ever questioned by the remaining members of the Goryeo Dynasty, they might have to suppress a mass rebellion or even risk the loss of the recently gained throne.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Joseon_Dynasty (6177 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		1418 - 1450) was the fourth king of the Choson Dynasty of Korea.
		King Sejong the Great made the the greatest impact on Korean history after his introduction of Hangul, a true and independent Korean language.
		King Sejong also oversaw the creation of Hangul and announced it to the Korean people in the Hunminjeongeum (íë¯¼ì •ì), which was an announcement composed of both Hangul and Hanja.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Sejong_of_Joseon (978 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1401
		Events and Trends 1392 Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup dÃ©tat, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan 1394 Expulsion of Jews from France 1395 End of reign of...
		Joseon Dynasty in the Korean Peninsula was officially admitted to enter into the tribute relationship with Ming Dynasty of China.
		Henry VI (December 6, 1421 â€“ May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1401 (2216 words)

	Korean Old Document
		There are four kinds letters from king to subject or people: goshin gyoji(letter of appointment to an office or rank, 告身敎旨), geupjeyipgyeok gyoji(certificate of passing the civil service examination, 及第入格敎旨), chujeung gyoji(letter of appointment to a higher rank, 追贈敎旨), siho gyoji(letter concerning of honored title, 詩號敎旨), and sape gyoji(letter concerning of present, 賜牌敎旨).
		The Joseon dynasty is known as an orthodox Confucian State in that woman was adjunct to man in social life and domesticity.
		Kings had close relations with the clans of the literati by marrying daughters of the literati from some of eminent clans or families, living in every kind of luxury.
	www.aks.ac.kr /old_doc/eng_main/sub_main.asp?content_id=03 (3095 words)

	Seonjo of Joseon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		He was the fourteenth king of the Joseon Dynasty.
		Although this attempt failed, King Seonjo and his retinue were forced to flee north of Pyongyang, until the Ming Dynasty Wanli Emperor came to Joseon's aid.
		After King Seonjo returned to Seoul, he was the first to use Deoksugung as a palace since all the other palaces in Seoul had been burned during the war.
	www.punweb.com /article/King_Seonjo_of_Joseon (116 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jeongjo of Joseon
		Jeongjo of Joseon was King of Joseon (1776-1800) during the Joseon Dynasty dynasty in Korea.
		He was preceded by King Yeongjo (1724–1776) and was succeeded by Emperor Sunjo (1800–1834).
		Sunjo (1790 â€“ 1834) was the 24th king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jeongjo-of-Joseon (471 words)

	Ministry Of Culture & Tourism
		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.
		None of the Joseon kings had been strong enough to defy the yangban officials by praying in person at the Temple of Heaven, where the Son of Heaven alone was qualified to converse with the Heavenly God.
	www.mct.go.kr:8080 /english/K_about/History07.html (3772 words)

	Rulers of Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Buyeo is believed to have risen from the areas of Joseon in 2nd-3rd century BC.
		Baekje was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the 1st millennium AD (along with Goguryeo and Silla), and fell to Silla in 660.
		Goguryeo was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the first millennium AD (along with Baekje and Silla), and fell to Silla in 668.
	www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/r/ru/rulers_of_korea.html (1453 words)

	Sejong of Joseon - Galbijim
		1418 - 1450) was the fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
		The first born son to the former king became the new king, however Sejong was the third son.
		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.
	wiki.galbijim.com /Sejong_of_Joseon (0 words)

	History of Korea: Early Joseon Period
		The ninth King of Joseon Dynasty, Seongjong (r.1469-1494) ascended to the throne as a child and ruled under the regency of the dowager queen and minister-consultants.
		The anti-Sejo literati used the institution of the royal lecture to try to abolish Buddhist rituals and other anomalies in the life of the court, and the unfortunate child was subject to a rigorous schedule of two to four royal lectures per day.
		King Seongjong's successor in 1495 was King Yeonsangun, whose reign was noted for his unscrupulous suppression of the literati.
	www.koreaaward.com /korea/history_EarlyJoseonPeriod_03.htm (0 words)

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		King Sejong, whose epithet is 'the Great' ['세종대왕(世宗大王)'], is considered to have been one of the most utstanding Korean kings of the Joseon Dynasty (1392∼1910).
		Born in 1397, Sejong became the fourth monarch of the Joseon Dynasty at the age of 22.
		King Sejong's interest in astronomical science was also comprehensive and sun dials ('Angbu-ilgwi ', 1434), automatically striking water clocks ('Chagyongnu', 1434), rain guage, wind guage, orrerries of the solar system, celestial globes, astronomical maps, and atlases of the seven planets (1442) were produced at his instigation.
	www.polar.re.kr /english/stations/antarctic/king_sejong_the_great.asp (308 words)

	::The Edu Times,, 논·구술 대비 영어학습 신문, 온라인 학습서비스, 더 에듀타임즈::
		I am impressed by the newest film "King and the Clown," as it is expected to attract as many as 10 million viewers since its release.
		The movie apparently focuses on the king's eccentric conducts with regard to his relationship with his concubines and royal clowns.
		King Yeonsan enjoyed degrading the royal court, while Caligula would inflict torture on slaves and watch bloody gladiatorial games with glee.
	www.theedutimes.com /news/news_non.html?code=toefl_essay§ion=view&page=1&number=12 (319 words)

	Korean History
		In the 12th century, Goryeo underwent conflicts between the civilian and military structures and later in the 13th century Goryeo was invaded several times by the Mongolians from the north.
		The Joseon Dynasty was ruled by the Yi family from 1392 to 1910.
		Joseon founder King Dae jo began the construction of Jongmyo Shrine in 1394 when the dynasty moved its capital to Hanyang, now Seoul.
	media.graniteschools.org /Curriculum/korea/history.htm (0 words)

	The XIVth International Congress on Rheology 2004
		It was built by the founding King of Joseon dynasty, Lee Seong-Gye (King Taejo), in 1395 as he moved the capital city from Gyeseong to Seoul.
		Usually, the Pyeonjeon, where the king worked at his convenience, belonged to the outer buildings of the palace, but it is in the neighborhood of the king's sleeping quarters.
		Now, 15 deceased kings and 17 deceased queens including the last king of the Joseon Kingdom and his wife were preserved in 16 kan. Jongmyo ritual itself and the music for Jongmyo ritual had been designated an important Intangible Cultural Property.
	www.icr2004.or.kr /programs/Excursion.asp (1800 words)

	Printing Heritage
		King Kwanghaegun, the 15th monarch of Joseon, rebuilt the casting office and renamed it Jujadogam, and had it create the Muoja characters in 1618.
		Woodblock printing remained quite popular throughout the Joseon Dynasty, as there was no limit to the number of copies that could be made and the blocks were easy to keep.
		Indeed, the Joseon Dynasty developed a uniquely rich tradition in printing: for five centuries, the government took the lead in creating metal characters, local entities kept alive the tradition of woodblock printing, and great books of impeccable type were printed.
	www.koreanculture.org /06about_korea/symbols/11printing_heritage.htm (1780 words)

	Definition of King Sejong the Great of Joseon
		King Sejong the Great (May 6, 1397 - May 18, 1450), born I Do, was the fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea from 1418 to 1450.
		Following the principles of Neo-Confucianism, Sejong was also a humanitarian who proclaimed that there must be three trials before a final judgment is reached, and he prohibited brutality in the punishment of criminals, such as flogging.
		Sejong was the third son of King Taejong (태종; 太宗) (Yi Bangwon).
	www.wordiq.com /definition/King_Sejong_the_Great_of_Joseon (0 words)

	::: Cultural Heritage, the source for Koreans' Strength and Dream :::
		It came to be called the Donggureung after 1855 (the 6th year of King Cheoljong), when the Sureung, the tomb of King Ikjong who received the title after death, was constructed as the ninth of its kind.
		Centered round the Geonwolleung (健元陵), the tomb of the founder King Taejo, in the north of the Geomaksan Mountain, there is the Mongneung (穆陵), the tomb of the 14th King Sunjo, his lawful wife, Queen Uiin and his second lawful wife, Queen Inmok on the eastern hill.
		Under the Gyeongneung, the Wolleung (元陵), the tomb of the 21st King Yeongjo and his second lawful wife Queen Jeongsun, is located along with the Hyereung (惠陵), the tomb of Queen Danui, the wife of the 20th King Gyeongjong.
	www.cha.go.kr /english/royal_palaces_new/Donggureung.jsp?catmenu=EN_05_02_02 (381 words)

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