The story of King Seongjong of the Joseon Dynasty.

 I introduced you to the book, "The Good Beauty of the Orient" <This is it. Sohae has never read it, but if you have a chance, read it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ And honestly, I want a prince like Sejong to continue to come out, but in a way, I think it's too much greed. But I don't think I can say that there isn't much. Of course, we couldn't upgrade all directions in four dimensions like Sejong, but the kings of the Joseon Dynasty seemed to have a strong sense of responsibility and mission to the country according to their convictions. The next person to introduce is Sung Jong. King Seongjong is the ninth king of the Joseon Dynasty, and he is the grandson of King Sejo, who is considered the best king of the Joseon Dynasty in parentheses. Personally, I'm glad I didn't take over Halabi's personality. King Seongjong is one of the three great kings of the Joseon Dynasty (Sejong, Sungjong, and King Jeongjo), and his reign was the most livable and peaceful period in the Joseon Dynasty. King Sejong and King Sejo set the foundation for King Taejong's start, and Sungjong himself was very intelligent and carried out cultural policies based on this. The period when the Gyeongguk Daejeon was completed was also the era of King Seongjong, and the Confucian principles were fully established in the private and public sectors, and society was stabilized. Perhaps it was the most door-to-door and humanistic country in the history of the Joseon Dynasty, or Korea, where the power of learning and ethics was able to successfully suppress violence.Of course, the restrictions on women are not as strong as in the late Joseon Dynasty, but they are stronger than in the Goryeo Dynasty. As you know, the late Goryeo Dynasty was a time of chaos and unrest as well as the clans. Lee Seong-gye's family is also a descendant of an unpolished family like Iuibang. The central government's control was weakened, and officials and local landowners expanded their power at their disposal, and when the people returned from the war, they were deprived of their land and forced to become slaves, and the local families were attached to it. It's stuck there.After the Yeojin tribe surrendered to Mongolia, Japanese pirates in the south made mugwort fields, and the Mongol army, which had stirred once, now stayed in the country for a long time and began touring the country. The path chosen by Joseon, a dynasty established after experiencing these terrible times, may have been too natural. And finally, the time when they were closest to the goal they had longed for was probably the period during which King Seongjong ruled during the 500 years of the Joseon Dynasty. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be careful not to do anything foolish from a modern point of view to distinguish right from wrong. It is natural to learn and interpret history according to modern society, but it should be noted that the circumstances and environment at that time may be different from now in determining the shortcomings and mistakes of the times. In other words, to put it bluntly, if you're going to riffle, just keep it in your head and do a self-defense, saying, "What about Confucianism, what about the status system, what about women's rights?" There must be someone like this again. At the end of his life, he said, "What did the abandoned Biyoon do? What did Yeonsan-gun do?" I'm sick and tired of it. No, it's natural to say that, but Koreans seem a little sarcastic. It seems that ordinary Koreans have a tendency to find fault with other people's superiority. I think I feel something from living abroad. Foreign children talk like that, but they are different from Koreans. What surprised me was that the guys who had been arguing so violently with completely different opinions [give me the ground for that crap!] "What's the basis for that?" I'm saying this, but I think I still have some feelings left, but when I have to do it in groups, I'd rather come with my opponent who fought like that. I'll draw him in as I'll draw him in. If you are Korean, you will never have this kind of thing.[You may not be able to experience it] You should experience the world in a global society. Individuals say, "That's too much. Are you a traitor?" That's not true. How is that true? Is it true what you felt?' While doing so, there are occasional haters who exercise a modern personal isolation spirit [?] that lightly ignores opinions gained from experiences outside of themselves. It may be an overreaction, but please don't talk nonsense that deviates from the point of the post set up by the writer. Sohae, I accept tackles and everything according to the topic, but if you see someone who leaves such a ripple, I don't understand why they write it and get away with it. It can only be seen as simply malicious. If it's for the purpose of making a counterargument, it's also out of the point of the post. Is there anything else you want to say after you write a reply like that? So, Sung Jong is like a chisel who gave poison to a woman for scratching her face at the end of her life? Therefore, King Seongjong is a defective king? Do you want this 3-step logic? Then they would say, "Well, that's what I'm saying." "That's my personal opinion." He tackled me and just walked away. It's so funny. Why don't you just leave a comment on someone else's post? If you have something to say, or if you have nothing more to say, you can consider it in Riflan, or if you want to put it up fairly in the post and wait for a counterargument. I'm so sick of it's a shame. That was a long start. Rather, the text will be shorter. Have a pleasant visit [?]. ------------------------------------------------------------ He was the 8th king of Joseon. When King Seongjong's uncle, Mohu Han, conceived King Seongjong, he dreamed of embracing the round sun, and when he gave birth to him, the physiognomist saw and admired him, saying, "It is indeed the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix." Sejo Sejo (the 7th king of Joseon) was different from Damso Sejo (the 7th king of Joseon) since he was a child. King Sejong's son, King Yejong's father, and King Seongjong's grandfather loved him very much. Looking at Queen Yoon, King Sejo said, "This child resembles King Sejong of King Seondae, and he seems to be superior to King Seondae because he is talented and has a good personality." He ascended the throne at the age of 13. His mother and queen, worried that he was too young, became a regent and helped him with the affairs of state, but King Seongjong was precocious and clever enough to make him feel that he did not have to do so soon. He considered the hard work of farmers sweating, prepared farmland in the royal palace, cultivated it personally, and encouraged women to engage in sericulture and gilsam by putting silkworms in the inner building of the temple. In order to cultivate the spirit of senior citizens, he also gathered elderly people at the royal palace and each local government office every year to hold a feast and feed them abundantly, and then gave them rice and meat. In addition, he, who revered academics, made many books such as the Four Books of the Three Kingdoms and other various other books and made them read widely, so many talented people were produced. It was not long after he ascended the throne. When the king's inquiry council is held or a contest is held, the officer, who is a subordinate, must kneel down and say, "What the officer does is not to record the king's words and actions next to the king and post them in the fraud history book. But what would you do if you were lying on your stomach like that's all. From now on, let the officer stand up straight and observe my conduct. And other servants, don't be in trouble, point out my negligence and correct it at all times," and gave a truly unconventional command. Since then, the officers and servants have straightened their backs even in front of the king. He, who loves the people and cares for his subjects in this way, was indeed a commoner king who was rarely seen in the era of feudal monarchs. Since his ascension, the country has been bright from above and beautiful from below, so there was no place to write even if there was a punishment. He set a good example for himself first and not only the government officials who took charge of politics but also the people were affected the people. It's been a year. Each year, the government reported the achievements of the heads of each town through audit and inspection, and in that year, the report said that the politics of only two villages were a little wrong. Originally, if there was a circle whose rating was lower than that of the report of the auditor, it was to deprive him of his official position, and if there was no lower rank and everyone was above middle school, the worst town's original position had to come up with a government position. However, in that year, King Seongjong ordered Lee Jopanseo to leave the circle of the two villages written as middle school, and then called them up to Seoul. The two wons stayed up all night to go to Tokyo, feeling great doubts about the call of the high priest. Therefore, when they were colonized outside the gate of the palace and accused them, King Seongjong called them into the palace. Then he knelt down in front of the tower (before the king's seat) and said, "When I entrusted you with one town, I went to my place to rule the people well, but now you are not like others, and you are in the middle of the earth, so what is it worth me to ask?" "It's disgraceful, so I should be punished," he said, and asked a eunuch to bring a whip and hit him three times on the calves of two wons. Then he said, "Of course, you will rule your sins strictly and remove your official duties, but you will forgive only once, so that you may go down and work on your selection." If I came to the report again, I would have known that there would be no forgiveness then," he sent it was sent down.

It goes without saying that the two wons, who received this generous disposition, were greatly impressed and reflected on the mistakes of the past days with tears and went down, and after that, they truly worked hard to select and become high-ranking officials. Upon hearing the news, the other village leaders were also careful and worked hard, and in the next report, none of them were middle-class and all were high-class. During the reign of King Seongjong, a high-ranking government official in the center went down to the provinces with Wangmyeong, and took ten silks as bribes and secretly hid the wrongs. However, before he came up to Seoul after finishing his work, rumors of taking bribes spread and finally reached King Seongjong's ears. The official, who did not know such a line, returned and gave Sungjong a distorted reinstatement. The king pretended to be innocent and quietly called him to Pyeonjeon (the palace where the king usually lived). Then he said, "I'm sure you've worked hard this time. I hear that you like this very much, so I give it to you as my reward," he said, offering ten silks.  The official realized that he had only been exposed to bribery, and bowed his head and asked for death. Then the king generously forgave him, saying, "If you realize the sin, you must repeat it again." In another prime minister, a person who is under his control descends to a village leader on the beach, and one day, he received some croaker and stone fish as gifts. But the minister was very afraid that it would be a bribe, so he took the fish with him at the inquest and handed it out before the tower and told the truth. "I received this item because I heard that the old mother of the god liked fish, the head of a village who was pretending to be a god, and sent it as a side dish." King Seongjong laughed and said, "How did you always receive this gift sent to Jeong?" Courtesy and bribery are different." What a beautiful spirit of integrity in the official's righteousness. Are Korean politicians not ashamed of themselves today?) In fact, at the time of King Seongjong, it was the time when the most management was established through the 500 years of the Joseon Dynasty. It is said that there were few distorted management of public and private affairs, such as taking bribes and violating the law. ----------- That's all for today. In the era of King Seongjong, there were not many grand and massive projects like Sejong, but society was very stable and peaceful, and officials were clean and the province was corrected. The above stories can be said to be examples of such social phenomena and atmosphere in fragments. This is what it is to truly rule by virtue. Have a nice day.