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Janey Lee's avatar

Lovely storytelling and the family trees are super helpful! :) It's ridiculous how much killing of family there is in the Joseon dynasty...

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LA Seoulite's avatar

Thanks!! The family killing isn't really out of the norm when you look at history around the world.

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LA Seoulite's avatar

I don't. But I found this. https://books.google.com/books/about/Taejong_of_Joseon.html?id=eL1MYgEACAAJ

I don't know if you watch any K-dramas, but there are at least 4 or 5 history-based dramas that were made with Yi Bang-won as one of the main characters. The most recent one, I think, was appropriately called 태종 이방원. There was also a TV drama called "Jeong Do-jeon" which you might find interesting.

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LA Seoulite's avatar

You're welcome, and thanks for the shoutout on the restack!!

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LA Seoulite's avatar

Thank you!! I don't know how readers would feel about it, but it's always interesting (for me, at least) to write about radical turn of events and mysteries that happened in the past.

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JMT Creative Arts's avatar

And, as usual, I appreciate the original portraits of Jeong Mong-ju, Yi Sung-gye, and Jeong Do-jeon. (That's the visual learner in me speaking.)

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LA Seoulite's avatar

Yes, it always helps to put a real face to names. It's a pity that almost all of the Joseon King portraits are lost.

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