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	Reference Encyclopedia - Goryeo
		The Goryeo Dynasty, established in 918, united the Later Three Kingdoms in 935 and ruled Korea until replaced by the Joseon dynasty in 1392.
		Munjong and later supreme kings emphasized the importance of civilian leadership over the military.
		The House Yi of Inju (인주 이씨, 仁州李氏) married the supreme kings from Munjong to the 17th supreme king, Injong.
	www.referenceencyclopedia.com /?title=Goryeo (1607 words)

	Sejo of Joseon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1455-1468) was the seventh king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
		Finally, in 1455, he forced his powerless young nephew Danjong to abdicate, declaring himself seventh king of the Joseon dynasty.
		Later he demoted Danjong to prince and ordered him to be poisoned after his younger brother, Grand Prince Geumsung, and later six scholars plotted to remove the Suyang from power inan attempt to put Danjong back on the throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sejo_of_Joseon (511 words)

	Joseon Dynasty Encyclopedia @ 209.197.89.145 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), sometimes known as the Yi Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by General Yi Seonggye of the Jeonju clan of Yi in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Dynasty at what is today the city of Gaeseong.
		But, during the Joseon Dynasty, Confucianism was adopted as the national religion, and, in process of eliminating certain Buddhist beliefs, Goryeo Chung Ja porcelains were replaced by white Baek Ja, which lost favour of the Chinese and the Arabians.
		Technically, 1894 marks the end of the Joseon period, as the official name of the state was changed; however the Joseon Dynasty would still reign, albeit perturbed by Japanese interventions such as in 1895, when the Japanese murdered Empress Min of Korea.
	209.197.89.145 /encyclopedia/Joseon_Dynasty (4471 words)

	goryeo - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The name "Goryeo" is a shortened form of "Goguryeo," the name of a kingdom in northern Korea which was conquered by Silla in 668.
		Munjong and later kings emphasized the importance of civilian leadership over the military.
		The House Yi of Inju (인주이씨, 仁州李氏) married the kings from Munjong to the 17th king, Injong.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Goryeo (813 words)

	Rulers of Korea - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Buyeo is believed to have risen from the areas of Joseon in the 2nd to the 3rd centuries BCE.
		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.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Rulers_of_Korea (1608 words)

	Goryeo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Goryeo dynasty ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until replaced by the Joseon dynasty in 1392.
		Munjong and later kings emphasized the importance of civilian leadership over the military.
		The House Yi of Inju (ì¸ì£¼ì´ì”¨, ä»å·ææ°) married the kings from Munjong to the 17th king, Injong.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Goryeo (947 words)

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		Munjong, the 11 th ruler of Goryeo, built a secondary palace (king's lodge used during visits to a region) in Hanyang in 1068, and nicknamed the city "Namgyeong" (Southern Capital).
		Joseon's tradition of having royal household graveyards to the left and the state ritual site to the right was established from early days of its founding, and owes to this man named Jeong Do Jeon.
		Construction projects at the Cheonggyecheon throughout the history of Joseon, such as the building of the Gwanggyo under Taejong's rule, that of the Supyogyo under Sejong's reign and the grand stream refurbishing project by Yeongjo, all witness the continuity of the meaning vested in it.
	english.seoul.go.kr /cheonggye/media_home/1226073_13579.html (2902 words)

	Korean Old Document
		The Joseon dynasty is known as an orthodox Confucian State in that woman was adjunct to man in social life and domesticity.
		The matter of the memorial rites to ancestors had something to do with the change of the woman’s stature after the middle of the 17th century when daughters could no longer be included in the inheritance of her parents’ property.
		In particular, when the Joseon dynasty first declared its principles of civilian rule in the late 14th century, the art of printing developed in variety in forms of collections of works, genealogies, and the ceremonial papers of the literati class.
	www.aks.ac.kr /old_doc/eng_main/sub_main.asp?content_id=03 (3095 words)

	Goryeo
		The name "Goryeo" is a shortened form of "Goguryeo," the name of a kingdom in northern Korea which was conquered by Silla in AD 668.
		Munjong and later kings emphasized the importance of culture over military.
		The House Lee of Inju (인주이씨, 仁州李氏) married the kings from Munjong to 17th King Injong; and eventually Lees gained more power than King himself and it led to Coup of Lee Jagyeom in 1126.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/go/goryeo.html (585 words)

	donga.com [english donga]
		A newly submitted doctorate dissertation on the medical changes in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (1392-1910) is drawing attention by studying the diseases and therapies that the kings of the dynasty had and received.
		With the thesis named, “A Study on the Medical History of Joseon Dynasty through the treatments for Kings,” Kim Jeong-sun, a medical history major at the medical school of the Seoul National University, is slated for a doctorate at the end of this month.
		Munjong (1414-1452) suffered from tumors since he was the crown prince.
	english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?biid=2005082232258 (357 words)

	Korean Architecture: Donggureung Tombs
		He was the son of King Sejong, considered to be the greatest of all Joseon kings.
		Wolleung is the tomb of King Yeongjo, the 21st ruler of Joseon, and his wife Queen Kim.
		The tomb of King Heonjong, the 24th ruler of the Joseon dynasty, is the sole example of a tomb with three mounds enclosed inside the same wall.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /kyonggi/DONGGUREUNG.htm (922 words)

	국무총리실 (Prime Minister of Korea)
		King Munjong's death in 1452 brought an 11-year-old crown prince to the throne.
		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 even the child king was subject to a rigorous schedule of two to four royal lectures per day.
	www.opm.go.kr /warp/webapp/content/view?meta_id=english&id=62 (3657 words)

	KOREAN SWORDS ARTICLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Hwando was lengthened in the latter period of the Joseon Dynasty due to battlefield necessity.
		However, the swords recognized as art in Japan are different from the basic swords used in the early period of the Joseon, Dynasty and correspond to the Woldo, a half moon shaped sword, and Ssangeom, a pair of swords for dual use, that appeared in the Julganbyeongbeop of the Gihyosinseo.
		In the Joseon sword a “fixer,” usually a tube, was used to attach the blade to the handle of the sword.
	www.arscives.com /historysteel/koreanarticle.htm (4327 words)

	Ministry Of Culture & Tourism
		Yi Seonggye renamed the dynasty Joseon and he was given the dynastic name of Taejo.
		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.
		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.
	www.mct.go.kr:8080 /english/K_about/History07.html (3772 words)

	Welcome to ICCAS2005
		In 1390 (2nd year of King Gongyang, Goryeo), Gyeonggi expanded to the size it was in 1069 (23rd period of King Munjong, Goryeo), with a total of 44 Hyeon, and became the first provincial organization.
		The Joseon designated Hanyang as the new seat of government and redrew the boundary of Gyeonggi.
		The founding of the Joseon Dynasty and moving of the seat of government to Hanyang was the turning point in shaping the contours of Gyeonggi Province as we know it today.
	2005.iccas.org /travel/Gyeonggi_map.asp (551 words)

	Goryeo - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Munjong (문종, 文宗) the central government of Goryeo gained complete authority and power over local lords.
		The House Yi of Inju (인주이씨, 仁州李氏) married the kings from Munjong to the 17th king,
		Yi Seong-gye (later Taejo) in charge, but he stopped at the border and rebelled.
	www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=Goryeo (713 words)

	Rulers of Korea - Gurupedia
		Another account is that the son of the last emperor Koubuldan of Paedal, reorganised the declining empire and renamed the country Joseon, land of morning calm.
		Joseon was the name of Korea during most the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled from the fall of
		Joseon Dynasty kings had temple names ending in jo or jong.
	www.gurupedia.com /r/ru/rulers_of_korea.htm (1087 words)

	Welcome to Seodaemun-Gu Office
		During King Munjong's rule, he became the 2nd chief Minister and when Munjong passed away, he assisted the young King Danjong along with Hwang Bo In to keep the last words of the previous king.
		As the civil minister of the early Joseon period, he was born as a song of Ha Yoon Ryn, the governor of Soonheung.
		Under the new Joseon dynasty, he was designated as the 2nd chief minister in the capacity of meritorious retainer.
	eng.sdm.go.kr /tour/community_5.php (4035 words)

	Joseon Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Joseon Dynasty was perhaps the longest-lived actively ruling dynasty in East Asia, and one of the longest of continuously ruling royal dynasties in world history.
		It was officially founded by Yi Seonggye (later known as Taejo of Joseon), a general who originally distinguished himself by repelling Japanese pirates who were marauding the peninsula.
		During the Joseon period, the metal printing press, invented during the Goryeo dynasty in 1232, supplanted the wood-block printing press in China.
	www.33beat.com /Joseon_Dynasty.html (2425 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Danjong of Joseon
		Danjong of Joseon (1441–1457, reigned 1452–1455) was the sixth king of the Joseon Dynasty.
		Danjong succeeded his father, Munjong of Joseon, at the age of 12.
		In 1455, this government was overthrown in a coup led by the king's uncle, Sejo of Joseon, who persuaded a number of scholars and officials who had served in the court of Sejong the Great to support his claim to the throne.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Danjong_of_Joseon (267 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Munjong of Joseon
		King Munjong, also known as Munjong of Joseon (1414 - 1452), ruled Korea from 1450 to 1452.
		He was succeeded by his son, Danjong of Joseon.
		Although most people know it as Jang Yong-sil to have invented the water gauge, the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty states that the Crown Prince was the one that found out measures of water levels in the ground.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Munjong_of_Joseon (172 words)

	::: Cultural Heritage, the source for Koreans' Strength and Dream ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		When the founder of the Joseon Dynasty, King Taejo, Yi Seonggye, passed away in 1408, King Taejong ordered that a good gravesite be found for the royal family.
		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.
		The Donggureung is a very important piece of cultural heritage to enable us to see the changes in the tomb system and the ups and downs of the 500 years of the Joseon Dynasty at one glance.
	www.cha.go.kr /english/royal_palaces_new/Donggureung.jsp?catmenu=EN_05_02_02 (381 words)

	History of Korea: Early Joseon Period
		Joseon's fourth king, King Sejong the Great (r.1418-1450), was noted for his mastery of Confucian learning.
		Although he had earlier confiscated temple lands and bondsmen and otherwise restricted Buddhism, he later became especially devoted to that faith after the death of his beloved Queen.
		His health declined during that period, and he abdicated the throne to his son King Munjong (r.
	www.koreaaward.com /korea/history_EarlyJoseonPeriod_01.htm (735 words)

	Sejong the Great of Joseon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from King Sejong the Great of Joseon)
		1418 - 1450) was the fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
		He was also a skilled linguist who created the native Korean alphabet Hangul, despite strong opposition from the literati educated in hanja.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Sejong_the_Great_of_Joseon (444 words)

	YONHAPNEWS WORLD SERVICE::ENGLISH NEWS
		And there is one subject they never get bored of: the portrait of Choi Deok-ji (1384-1456), bureaucrat of Joseon Dynasty whose loyalty to the ordinary people was commended by the king of that era.
		Their depiction in portraits gradually faded away, however, as the Confucian reign of the Joseon Kingdom saw women shunned by society and Buddhism rejected.
		Before the Joseon Dynasty was established, raw meat and uncooked grains were often offered to the ancestor's spirits.
	english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20050114/320000000020050114085325E3.html (1053 words)

	2005 Visit Gyeonggi-Korea
		A short time thereafter, the region of Gyeonggi was reduced in size to what it was in the King Hyeonjong period during Goryeo.
		In 1390 (2nd year of King Gongyang, Goryeo), Gyeonggi expanded back to what it was in 1069 (23rd period of King Munjong, Goryeo) with a total of 44 Hyeon, and became the first provincial government.
		During the Joseon Dynasty, Hanyang was newly designated as the seat of government and Gyeonggi ' s boundary was redrawn.
	www.visit2005.com /Language/eng/Introduction/gyeonggi_origin.jsp (555 words)

	Goryeo - ZDNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		By the time of eleventh supreme king Munjong (hangul: 문종; hanja: 文宗), the central government of Goryeo gained complete authority and power over local lords.
		Munjong and later supreme kings emphasized the importance of civilian leadership over the military.
		The House Yi of Inju (인주 이씨, 仁州李氏) married the supreme kings from Munjong to the 17th supreme king, Injong.
	goryeo.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Goryeo (1413 words)

	Rulers of Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Buyo is believed to have risen from the areas of Joseon in 2nd-3rd century BC.
		They claimed their inheritance of Joseon, and the rulers continued to use the titles of Tanje or the emperor.
		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 Japanese Colonial Period in 1910.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/r/ru/rulers_of_korea.html (1531 words)

	Korean History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		King Munjong's death in 1452 brought an 11-year-old Crown Prince to the throne, leaving state affairs in the hands of advisors.
		The monarch acted decisively in matters relating to the recruitment of new officials, increasing the number of military graduates to further strengthen monarchial power.
		According to the statutory limitations of gwajeonbeop, the rank-based land distribution system in place since early Joseon, land was to be held for the life of the recipient, after which it would be returned to the government.
	korea.assembly.go.kr /history_html/history_07/jos_E_03.jsp (604 words)

	Sejong the Great of Joseon Summary
		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).
		1418 - 1450) was the fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
		After King Taejong died, in June 1418, Sejong was crowned King of Joseon (in August of the same year) and began his rule.
	www.bookrags.com /Sejong_the_Great_of_Joseon (1995 words)

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		Buyo is believed to have risen from the areas of Joseon in 2nd-3rd century BC.
		They claimed their inheritance of Joseon, and the rulers continued to use the titles of Tanje or the emperor.
		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 Japanese Colonial Period in 1910.
	www.kkkn.com (1500 words)

	Hwacha at AllExperts
		The first hwacha was made in 1409 during the Joseon Dynasty by several Koreans scientists-including Yi Do (ì´ë) (æè¹) and Choi Hae-san (ìµí•´ì°) (å´"æµ·å±±).
		King Sejong, the inventor of Hangul, made efforts to improve the hwacha and by the end of his rule, a single hwacha could fire 200 rocket arrows at one time.
		Stronger and more effective hwachas were made in 1451 under the decree of King Munjong.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hw/hwacha.htm (1490 words)

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