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| + | [[File:King-yeongjo.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Portrait of King Yeongjo, National Museum of Korea. Replica of [[National Treasures of Korea|Korean National Treasure]] #932.]] |
| *''Born: [[1694]]'' | | *''Born: [[1694]]'' |
| *''Died: [[1776]]'' | | *''Died: [[1776]]'' |
| *''Reign: [[1724]]-1776'' | | *''Reign: [[1724]]-1776'' |
| + | *''Korean'': 英祖 ''(Yeongjo / Yŏngjo)'' |
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− | King Yeongjo was a king of [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea. Yeongjo's reign of nearly 52 years, from [[1724]] to [[1776]], saw what is often called the "Korean Renaissance," a cultural golden age which continued under his grandson & successor, [[King Jeongjo]] (r. [[1776]]-[[1800]]). | + | King Yeongjo was a king of [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea. Yeongjo's reign of nearly 52 years, from [[1724]] to [[1776]], was the longest of the Joseon period,<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/39629484402/sizes/h/]</ref> and saw what is often called the "Korean Renaissance," a cultural golden age which continued under his grandson & successor, [[King Jeongjo]] (r. [[1776]]-[[1800]]). |
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| + | He was a younger brother of his predecessor as king, [[King Gyeongjong]], being the second son of [[King Sukjong]] and Sukjong's consort [[Sukbin Choi]].<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 167.</ref> |
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| Yeongjo had only two sons. His elder son did in [[1728]] at the age of ten. After his second son, [[Crown Prince Sado|Sado]], was born, the latter was named Crown Prince at the age of one. Twenty-six years later, in the course of some political conflict, Yeongjo killed the Crown Prince; the details of this conflict, and the reasons underlying it, remain unclear. | | Yeongjo had only two sons. His elder son did in [[1728]] at the age of ten. After his second son, [[Crown Prince Sado|Sado]], was born, the latter was named Crown Prince at the age of one. Twenty-six years later, in the course of some political conflict, Yeongjo killed the Crown Prince; the details of this conflict, and the reasons underlying it, remain unclear. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | *Hyeonjeong Kim Han, ''In Grand Style'', San Francisco: Asian Art Museum (2013), 54-57. | + | *Hyeonjeong Kim Han, ''In Grand Style'', San Francisco: Asian Art Museum (2013), 54-57. |
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