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The Hall of Worthies or Jiphyeonjeon was set up by King Sejong
Sejong the Great of Joseon

Sejong the Great was the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He is best remembered for creating the Korean alphabet hangul, despite strong opposition from the scholars educated in hanja ....
 of the Joseon Dynasty
Joseon Dynasty

Joseon , was a sovereign state founded by Taejo Taejo of Joseon, and lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Kingdom at what is today the city of Kaesong....
 in Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
 in 1420. It consisted of scholars selected by the king. The Hall participated in various scholarly endeavors, of which the best-known may be the compilation of the Hunmin Jeongeum
Hunmin Jeongeum

Promulgated in September or October 1446, Hunminjeongeum was an entirely new and native writing system for the Korean people. The script was initially named after the publication, but later came to be known as hangul....
, in which the hangul
Hangul

Hangul is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as distinguished from the logogram Sino-Korean vocabulary hanja system. It was created in the mid-fifteenth century, and is now the official writing system of both North Korea and South Korea, being co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China....
 writing system was first formulated.

The Hall of Worthies was disbanded by Sejo of Joseon
Sejo of Joseon

Sejo of Joseon was the seventh king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. Born in 1417 as Yi Yu, King Sejong the Great's second son, he showed great ability at archery, horseriding and martial arts....
 after many of its members (notably six martyred ministers
Six martyred ministers

The six martyred ministers or Sayuksin were six ministers of the Joseon Dynasty who were executed in 1456. They were executed by Sejo of Joseon on the charge of plotting to return Danjong of Joseon to the throne....
 aka sayuksin) plotted to undo his seizure of power in 1456.






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The Hall of Worthies or Jiphyeonjeon was set up by King Sejong
Sejong the Great of Joseon

Sejong the Great was the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He is best remembered for creating the Korean alphabet hangul, despite strong opposition from the scholars educated in hanja ....
 of the Joseon Dynasty
Joseon Dynasty

Joseon , was a sovereign state founded by Taejo Taejo of Joseon, and lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Kingdom at what is today the city of Kaesong....
 in Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
 in 1420. It consisted of scholars selected by the king. The Hall participated in various scholarly endeavors, of which the best-known may be the compilation of the Hunmin Jeongeum
Hunmin Jeongeum

Promulgated in September or October 1446, Hunminjeongeum was an entirely new and native writing system for the Korean people. The script was initially named after the publication, but later came to be known as hangul....
, in which the hangul
Hangul

Hangul is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as distinguished from the logogram Sino-Korean vocabulary hanja system. It was created in the mid-fifteenth century, and is now the official writing system of both North Korea and South Korea, being co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China....
 writing system was first formulated.

The Hall of Worthies was disbanded by Sejo of Joseon
Sejo of Joseon

Sejo of Joseon was the seventh king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. Born in 1417 as Yi Yu, King Sejong the Great's second son, he showed great ability at archery, horseriding and martial arts....
 after many of its members (notably six martyred ministers
Six martyred ministers

The six martyred ministers or Sayuksin were six ministers of the Joseon Dynasty who were executed in 1456. They were executed by Sejo of Joseon on the charge of plotting to return Danjong of Joseon to the throne....
 aka sayuksin) plotted to undo his seizure of power in 1456. However, a similar organization, the Office of Special Advisors, continued much of the same work.

Famous scholars

  • S M Qadri (1963-)
  • Jeong Inji
    Jeong Inji

    Jeong Inji was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar and government minister. During the reign of Sejong the Great, he was vice-minister of education....
     (1396-1478)
  • Shin Sukju (1417-1475)
  • Choe Hang (1409-1474)
  • Seong Sammun
    Seong Sammun

    Seong Sammun was a scholar-official of early Joseon who rose to prominence in the court of King Sejong the Great . He was executed after being implicated in a plot to dethrone Sejo of Joseon and restore his predecessor Danjong of Joseon , and is known as one of the sayuksin with reference to this plot....
     (1418-1456)
  • Pak Paengnyeon (1417-1456)
  • Yi Gae
    Yi Gae

    Yi Gae was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty and one of the six martyred ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Hansan Lee lineage, and was the great-grandson of Goryeo period philosopher Yi Saek....
     (1417-1456)
  • Yu Seong-won
    Yu Seong-won

    Yu Seong-won also Ryu Seong-won was a scholar-official of the early Joseon Dynasty, who is remembered as one of the six murdered ministers....
     (?-1456)
  • Gang Huian (1417-1464)
  • Yi Sukhyeong (1415-1477)
  • Seo Geojeong (1420-1488)


Members of the Hall of Worthies against King Sejo

  • Pak Jungrim: minister, father of Pak Paengnyeon
  • Pak Paengnyeon: vice-minister, one of six martyred ministers
    Six martyred ministers

    The six martyred ministers or Sayuksin were six ministers of the Joseon Dynasty who were executed in 1456. They were executed by Sejo of Joseon on the charge of plotting to return Danjong of Joseon to the throne....

  • Ha Wiji: vice-minister, one of six martyred ministers
  • Seong Sammun
    Seong Sammun

    Seong Sammun was a scholar-official of early Joseon who rose to prominence in the court of King Sejong the Great . He was executed after being implicated in a plot to dethrone Sejo of Joseon and restore his predecessor Danjong of Joseon , and is known as one of the sayuksin with reference to this plot....
    : royal secretary, one of six martyred ministers
  • Yi Gae
    Yi Gae

    Yi Gae was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty and one of the six martyred ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Hansan Lee lineage, and was the great-grandson of Goryeo period philosopher Yi Saek....
    : chief of the Hall of Worthies, one of six martyred ministers
  • Yu Seong-won
    Yu Seong-won

    Yu Seong-won also Ryu Seong-won was a scholar-official of the early Joseon Dynasty, who is remembered as one of the six murdered ministers....
    : high official of Sungkyunkwan, one of six martyred ministers
  • Pak Innyeon: younger brother of Pak Paengnyeon
  • Pak Kinyeon: younger brother of Pak Paengnyeon
  • Heo Jo: brother-in-law of Yi Gae
    Yi Gae

    Yi Gae was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty and one of the six martyred ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Hansan Lee lineage, and was the great-grandson of Goryeo period philosopher Yi Saek....

  • Sim Shin


See also

  • Joseon Dynasty politics
    Joseon Dynasty politics

    The politics of the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled Korea from 1392 to 1910, were governed by the reigning ideology of Neo-Confucianism. Political struggles were common between different factions of the literati....
  • Korean Confucianism
    Korean Confucianism

    Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucius thought as part of the Culture of China from China....
  • List of Korea-related topics
    List of Korea-related topics

    This is a list of articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. For help on how to use this list, see the #Introduction below....