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Early Choson and Creation of the Yangban society
- Yi Song-gye - King Taejo
- July 1392
- “Dynastic Foundation Merit Subjects”
- Joseon Dynasty " "
- The King
- The State Council (Uijongbu)
- Six Ministries (Yukcho)
- Eight Provinces
- The highest
- Giving opinions about important matters to the King
- 3 high-state councilors, 4 junior councilors
1. Personnel
2. Taxation
3. Rites
4. Defence
5. Justice
6. Commerce
- Kyonggi, Ch’ungch’ong, Kyongsang, Cholla, Hwanghae, Kangwon, Hamgil (today called Hamgyong), and P’yongan
- Centrally appointed governor and six government departments
- Provinces were divided into counties
- Favoritism of Neo-Confucianism
- Oppression of Buddhism
- The state ideology
- "Dogmatic, intolerant of divergent views, and insistent on the need to remodel society based on its principles"
- Core principles
Seowon Neo-Confucian academy
- Buddhism was regarded as "an undesirable alien faith"
- Anti-Buddhist policy
Yangban
Chungin
Yangmin
Cheonmin
Yangban
- The highest social class
- Civil officials (Munban) & Military officials (Muban)
- Bureaucratic positions granted to yangbans who passed the civil service exams.
Military exam pass certificate
- Middle people
- Upper middle class
- Highly educated specialists: engineers, scientists, astronomers,...
- Commoners
- Mostly poor farmers
- Some engaged in crafts or commerce
- Vulgar commoners
- The lowest caste of commoners
- Hereditary
- Based on "unclean" professions: butchers, shoemakers, metalworkers, magicians, jailkeepers, performers (kisaeng)...
- Sejong the Great - 4th ruler of Choson Dynasty
- 1418 - 1450
- Greatest monarch
- Hangul - Korean alphabet
Celestial globe
Water clock
- Under the reign of King Sejong was Korea's greatest period of scientific advancement
Gangnido map
Rain gauges
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