Seungjeongwon ilgi
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Seungjeongwon ilgi or Diary of the Royal Secretariat is a daily record of Seungjeongwon
, Royal Secretariat during the Joseon Dynasty
of Korea
(1392 - 1910), which records the king’s public life and his interactions with the bureaucracy on a daily basis. It has been designated as one of the UNESCO
's Memory of the World.
Seungjeongwon
Seungjeongwon was the Royal Secretariat during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea in charge of receiving and delivering the king's order. The office was also called Jeongwon, Huwon, Eundae, or Daeeonsa...
, Royal Secretariat during the Joseon Dynasty
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
of Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
(1392 - 1910), which records the king’s public life and his interactions with the bureaucracy on a daily basis. It has been designated as one of the UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
's Memory of the World.
See also
- Annals of the Joseon Dynasty
- UigweUigweUigwe is a collection of royal protocols of the Korean Joseon Dynasty which records and prescribes through text and stylized illustration the important ceremonies and rites of the royal family....
- History of KoreaHistory of KoreaThe Korean Peninsula was inhabited from the Lower Paleolithic about 400,000-500,000 years ago. Archeological evidence indicates that the presence of modern humans in northeast Asia dates to 39,000 years ago. The earliest known Korean pottery dates to around 8000 BC, and the Neolithic period began...
- Joseon Dynasty politicsJoseon Dynasty politicsThe politics of the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled Korea from 1392 to 1910, were governed by the reigning ideology of Korean Confucianism, a form of Neo-Confucianism. Political struggles were common between different factions of the scholar-officials...
External links
- Official Site (in Korean) (South Korean gov't)