Sejo (Grand Prince Suyang)

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9 related events

1. 1
   1453Gyeyu Coupleader

   Grand Prince Suyang killed Kim Jong-seo and Hwangbo In and took control; two years later he took the throne from his nephew Danjong.

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   1456Six Martyred Ministersmonarch

   Seong Sam-mun, Bak Paeng-nyeon and others were executed for plotting to restore Danjong, who was exiled to Yeongwol and died the next year.

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   1457Jingwan defence systemmonarch

   King Sejo set up the jingwan system, grouping the troops of nearby counties under a key garrison town in each province for self-defence. The central army was reorganised into the Five Guards.

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   1464Royal Ancestral Rite and Music at Jongmyomonarch

   The rite held at Jongmyo for the royal ancestors and the music, songs and dances that accompany it. Botaepyeong and Jeongdaeeop, composed under King Sejong, were adopted for the rite under King Sejo.

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   1466Jikjeon Lawleader

   Sejo limited the grant of tax-collection rights to serving officials and abolished the grants to officials’ widows and orphans.

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   1467Ten-story Stone Pagoda at the Wongaksa Temple Site, Seoulmonarch

   The marble pagoda (1467) of Wongaksa, which King Sejo built in the heart of Hanyang. Modelled on Goryeo’s Gyeongcheonsa pagoda, it is a rare Buddhist monument from Confucian Joseon.

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   1467Yi Si-ae’s Rebellionmonarch

   When Sejo sent central officials to curb local magnates in Hamgil Province, Yi Si-ae of Gilju rebelled; the revolt was crushed within three months and the local yuhyangso bodies were abolished.

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   1485Joseon system of governmentrelated figure

   Joseon built a central government around the State Council and Six Ministries, checked by the Three Offices, and a local administration sending governors and magistrates to the eight provinces. It was codified in the Gyeongguk daejeon (1485).

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   1485Gyeongguk daejeon enactedrelated figure

   The national code begun under Sejo was completed and enforced under Seongjong, becoming the framework of Joseon government.

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People who appear alongside

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  Danjong1441 – 1457

  Sixth king of Joseon, deposed by his uncle Sejo and killed in exile at Yeongwol

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  Sejong the Great1397 – 1450

  Fourth king of Joseon, creator of Hangul, patron of science and of the northern frontier

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  Seongjong1457 – 1495

  Ninth king of Joseon, who completed the Gyeongguk daejeon code and promoted Sarim scholars

• Han Myeong-hoe1415 – 1487

  Strategist behind Grand Prince Suyang's 1453 coup

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  Kim Jong-seo1383 – 1453

  General and chief minister who built the Six Garrisons on the Tumen; killed by Grand Prince Suyang in 1453

• Sin Suk-ju1417 – 1475

  Jiphyeonjeon scholar who helped create Hunminjeongeum, wrote the Haedong jegukgi after a mission to Japan, and became Chief State Councillor under Sejo

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  Seong Sam-mun1418 – 1456

  Hall of Worthies scholar executed for plotting to restore Danjong; one of the Six Martyred Ministers

• Bak Paeng-nyeon1417 – 1456

  Jiphyeonjeon scholar executed as one of the Six Martyred Ministers for plotting with Seong Sam-mun to restore Danjong

Themes this person appears in

• Changes in the Land SystemAD 687 – 1950

  From nogeup to the end of office land — how the rights granted to officials shrank, and gave way to modern land ownership

• Central Government Through the AgesAD 250 – 1899

  From the noble councils of the Three Kingdoms to the State Council, the Border Defense Council and the Gabo cabinet — how central government shifted between aristocratic consensus and royal power

• Local Administration Through the AgesAD 250 – 1896

  From the five regions of the Three Kingdoms through nine provinces, the five circuits and two frontiers and the eight provinces to the thirteen — how directly the centre came to rule the regions

• Military Systems Through the AgesAD 685 – 1907

  From the Nine Oath Banners to the Two Armies and Six Guards, the Five Commands and garrison system, the Five Army Camps and the Board of Marshals — armies rebuilt at every crisis

• Changes in PagodasAD 634 – 1467

  From Baekje stone pagodas copying timber ones and Silla pagodas copying brick ones, to Unified Silla three-story pagodas and stupas, Goryeo multi-sided pagodas and Yuan-influenced marble towers

• Intangible and World Heritage2000 BC – 1850

  From the dolmens to Namhansanseong on the World Heritage List, from Jongmyo ritual music to ssireum on the Intangible Heritage lists — where each came from and when it was inscribed

• Seoul18 BC – 1988

  From Hanseong Baekje to the June Democratic Struggle — the Han River land every kingdom fought for, and Joseon’s capital for five centuries