Jeongjo of Joseon
22nd King of Joseon (r. 1776–1800)
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The 22nd king of Joseon ascended past the shadow of a father executed in a rice chest, then spent twenty-four years trying to hold factional Korea together through libraries, fortresses, and the careful recruitment of talent — only to set the stage for the collapse he feared most.
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Yi San was born 28 October 1752, second son to Crown Prince Sado, whose execution he witnessed as a boy, and Lady Hyegyŏng. He took the throne in 1776 after his grandfather King Yeongjo died, inheriting both a kingdom riven by factions and a reform agenda he sharpened into his own. He kept Yeongjo's Tangpyeong balancing policy but shifted the method: recruit the best minds, faction be damned. He built the Kyujanggak Royal Library, raised Hwaseong Fortress, published legal codes and literary collections, and formed the Jangyongyeong Guard. But placing Hong Guk-yeong too close let a retainer ben…
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