King Se Jong The Great Research Paper
Myungsung Kim
At Home Essay #1
D Writing
September 27, 2012
King Se-jong the Great
Do you know how many kings have the title of ‘great’? There have been
many kings all over the world, but only a few kings have the ‘great’ title. Se-jong
the Great is only one king has the title in Chosun, which was Korea between
1300s and 1900s. Se-jong the Great, who ruled Chosun between 1418 and 1450,
was the 4th king of the Chosun dynasty. He liked to read books of every sort and
kind, and he learned a lot from the books. He used his wisdom and people well
to rule the country, so he became the greatest king in Chosun.
He was the most scholarly king. He made a research institution. He took
men of talent into the research institution and encouraged them …show more content…
to their research.
He made some groups of researches such as farming, music, science, Korean
characters, etc.
Most of the researches was successful. He made a sun clock and
water clock. He made a sun clock in 1300. People could know the time by the
sun and shadow; however, it had a problem. People only knew the time when it is
day time and a sunny day, so he made another clock. It was a water clock, which
was the first automatic clock in the world, in 1300. The water clock went by
dropping water each second, and the clock rang a bell automatically at every
exact hour. He made an accurate calendar. Before he made the calendar, people
used the Chinese calendar. The Chinese calendar was different from Chosun’s
seasons, so he and his scholars compared the stars’ movements and calendars
from Arabia, India, and China. They made a new calendar, and it was accurate.
There was only one second gap between the new calendar and calendar of today.
In short, he fostered developing technology and culture by encouraging scholars,
and his creativities and ways of ruling the people were worth admiring.
In addition, He was the most affectionate king. He made Korean
characters with the scholars in the research institution to communicate with
the
people of the lower class. Before he made them, Korean people used Chinese
characters. He knew that Chinese was hard to write and need a lot of study to
learn. The people of high birth used Chinese character well, but the people of
lower classes didn’t know Chinese at all because they didn’t have enough time or
money to learn. As a result, the lower class people couldn’t report their problems
even though they had serious problems to tell their government. Sae-jong solved
this problem by creating ‘simple characters’. In addition, he ordered the scholars
write a book about agricultural methods. The researchers traveled all over the
country and found good farmers, weather, crops, and soil type. After that, they
classified in accordance with the methods, weather, crops, soil type, and location
and wrote a book called ‘Nongsajikseol’. The book taught farmers about how to
farm by weather, crops, and soil type. Those facts showed he really wanted to
give better lives to the lower class people, and that was why people loved him.
In conclusion, he had enough reasons to get the “great’ title. At that time,
people admired his brilliant achievements, and even today, people admire him a
lot. People put his picture on the ￦10,000 bill; moreover, people remember his
name as great king with gratitude and respect.
At Home Essay #1
D Writing
September 27, 2012
King Se-jong the Great
Do you know how many kings have the title of ‘great’? There have been
many kings all over the world, but only a few kings have the ‘great’ title. Se-jong
the Great is only one king has the title in Chosun, which was Korea between
1300s and 1900s. Se-jong the Great, who ruled Chosun between 1418 and 1450,
was the 4th king of the Chosun dynasty. He liked to read books of every sort and
kind, and he learned a lot from the books. He used his wisdom and people well
to rule the country, so he became the greatest king in Chosun.
He was the most scholarly king. He made a research institution. He took
men of talent into the research institution and encouraged them …show more content…
to their research.
He made some groups of researches such as farming, music, science, Korean
characters, etc.
Most of the researches was successful. He made a sun clock and
water clock. He made a sun clock in 1300. People could know the time by the
sun and shadow; however, it had a problem. People only knew the time when it is
day time and a sunny day, so he made another clock. It was a water clock, which
was the first automatic clock in the world, in 1300. The water clock went by
dropping water each second, and the clock rang a bell automatically at every
exact hour. He made an accurate calendar. Before he made the calendar, people
used the Chinese calendar. The Chinese calendar was different from Chosun’s
seasons, so he and his scholars compared the stars’ movements and calendars
from Arabia, India, and China. They made a new calendar, and it was accurate.
There was only one second gap between the new calendar and calendar of today.
In short, he fostered developing technology and culture by encouraging scholars,
and his creativities and ways of ruling the people were worth admiring.
In addition, He was the most affectionate king. He made Korean
characters with the scholars in the research institution to communicate with
the
people of the lower class. Before he made them, Korean people used Chinese
characters. He knew that Chinese was hard to write and need a lot of study to
learn. The people of high birth used Chinese character well, but the people of
lower classes didn’t know Chinese at all because they didn’t have enough time or
money to learn. As a result, the lower class people couldn’t report their problems
even though they had serious problems to tell their government. Sae-jong solved
this problem by creating ‘simple characters’. In addition, he ordered the scholars
write a book about agricultural methods. The researchers traveled all over the
country and found good farmers, weather, crops, and soil type. After that, they
classified in accordance with the methods, weather, crops, soil type, and location
and wrote a book called ‘Nongsajikseol’. The book taught farmers about how to
farm by weather, crops, and soil type. Those facts showed he really wanted to
give better lives to the lower class people, and that was why people loved him.
In conclusion, he had enough reasons to get the “great’ title. At that time,
people admired his brilliant achievements, and even today, people admire him a
lot. People put his picture on the ￦10,000 bill; moreover, people remember his
name as great king with gratitude and respect.