Seongjong

Where they went

6 related events

1. 1
   1470State Collection and Distribution (Gwansu Gwangeup)monarch

   Seongjong barred officials from collecting rent on their office land themselves; local governments collected it and passed it on to them.

2. 2
   1481Dongguk yeoji seungnam compiledmonarch

   By order of King Seongjong, No Sa-sin, Seo Geo-jeong, Yang Seong-ji and others compiled the Dongguk yeoji seungnam, a geography recording the history, landscape, customs and notable people of every county.

3. 3
   1485Compilation of the Dongguk tonggammonarch

   Under King Seongjong, Seo Geo-jeong and others published the Dongguk tonggam, a chronological general history from Gojoseon to the end of Goryeo.

4. 4
   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 enactedmonarch

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

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   1488Janggyeong Panjeon, Haeinsa, Hapcheonrelated figure

   Early Joseon depositories that hold the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks. Their scientific design for ventilation and humidity made them a World Heritage Site in 1995.

Related works

People who appear alongside

• Seo Geo-jeong1420 – 1488

  Scholar-official under Seongjong who led the compilation of the Dongguk tonggam, Dongguk yeoji seungnam and Dongmunseon

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  Sejo (Grand Prince Suyang)1417 – 1468

  Seized power in the 1453 coup and took the throne from his nephew Danjong

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  Taejong (Yi Bang-won)1367 – 1422

  Third king of Joseon, who seized power in the Strifes of Princes and strengthened royal authority

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  Sejong the Great1397 – 1450

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

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

• Writing Korean HistoryAD 375 – 1931

  From the Seogi, Guksa and Sinjip to the Joseon sanggosa — history-writing as royal display, Confucian record, assertion of independence and nationalist scholarship

• Changes in Architecture1200 – 1910

  From Geungnakjeon at Bongjeongsa to Seokjojeon at Deoksugung — Goryeo bracket styles, Joseon palaces, walls and multi-storey temple halls, and the Western buildings of the Korean Empire

• 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

• Ulleungdo and DokdoAD 512 – 1905

  From Isabu’s conquest of Usan-guk to Imperial Decree No. 41 — two East Sea islands recorded as Korean throughout