Daily Life of a Joseon King: Mornings, Diplomacy, and Appointing Officials (Part 1) (Korean History)

#korea #koreanhistory #koreanculture #history #joseon #historyofkorea (episode 42) In this latest video series, I will take a look at the daily lives of Joseon kings, from when they wake up to when they go to bed and everything in between. In this first part, I will look at a king’s morning routine, his meetings with different ministers and officials, listening to daily reports, reading and writing different documents and attending Confucian lectures. I will go into details for each of these events. Next, kings would receive foreign envoys from neighbouring countries like Japan, tribes like the Jurchen and imperial envoys from China. These meetings are quite complex and I will talk about how they proceed and the differences when receiving an imperial envoy or other states' envoys. Finally, the king also appointed officials to serve him if they passed the state examinations brilliantly. There were two main examinations: a literary one for future civil officers and a military examination to recruit the best military officers. If you enjoyed this video 🙏 please like and subscribe. 감사합니다~ 👕🎒☕️To support this channel you can buy some cool merch here (Art by Tasha's): https://tashas.myspreadshop.com 📷 Instagram:   / loonytricky   😀 📖Facebook:   / loonytricky   📜 Korean History Playlist    • Korean History Series   . . . *Other figures and topics explored in this video: paru 파루 罷漏, Borugak 보루각 報漏閣, injeong 인정 人定, celestial equator 이십팔수 二十八宿, official recorders, juseo 주서 注書, Diaries of the Royal Secretariat 승정원 일기 承政院 日記, The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 조선왕조실록 朝鮮王朝實錄, Royal Secretariat 승정원 承政院, Uijeongbu 의정부 議政府, Six Ministries 육조 六曹, Yangban 양반 兩班, Bureau of Astronomy 관상감 觀象監, imperial letters chikseo 칙서 勅書, imperial envoys chiksa 칙사 勅使, state envoys guksa 국사 國使, state letters gukseo 국서 國書, Birye 빈례 賓禮, Guest Hall of Cherishing China Mohwagwan 모화관 慕華館, gwolpae 궐폐 闕牌, gwageo 과거 科擧, mungwa 문과 文科, mugwa 무과 武科, gisa 기사 騎射, Gyeokgu 격구 擊毬, parasol gae 개 蓋 0:00 Intro 0:13 Daily routine 7:05 Receiving foreign envoys 10:21 Attending state examinations