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docx2. Political/Governmental Aspect
2-1 Culture of Recording
1) Portrait of Kings
2) Eugye
3. Religious Aspect
4. Social Aspect
5. Conclusion
One special aspect about the politics and governing of the Joseon Dynasty is that it had a very sophisticated and complex recording system. All the events, works that happened in the country were recorded by specialists, and those records were passed down to the descendents with great care.
Here are some of the detailed explanations:
1) Portrait of Kings
The Joseon Dynasty had a tradition of drawing the portraits of kings. The best artist of the period was designated to draw a portrait. However, Joseon being afraid of losing the portraits due to the possible thefts or attacks, made several copies of portraits. Furthermore, as the portraits of the kings were to be taken with great cares, at times of war the Joseon people took the portraits along with the other important documentations. Hence, this is how we now still can see some of the portraits of the Joseon Kings – for example, we currently restore 4 of King Taejo’s portraits.
2) Eugye
Eugyes are very special collection of records filed in books about all the events that had occurred within the palace. They are composed of detailed writings and sophisticated drawings of events, from the starting till the end. For example, when drawing a portrait of a King, the King’s commands, the artists used, payment of the artists, and amount of paint used and so on, were recorded.
These records acted as the guidelines for the kings, bureaucrats, and practically all the people in the palace and perhaps are the main reason how Joseon was able to last for over 500 years. To specify in detail, due to the reason that these records are not perusal, the king, being afraid of being assessed badly by its people, tried to rule over earnestly; also, the princes, by studying these records were able to prepare to become a wise king in the future.
Like the portraits, these records were made into several hardcopies for preventing casualties. One was made very sophisticated with high quality papers, inks and was kept in special book cases. The other copies were made of a less care and details and were kept in several regional offices – distributing the risks. Sometimes, they were sent to faraway places from the palace for further
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