Seungji(in

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The ...

:승지, in

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

:承旨) was the term for "royal secretary" or "recipient of edicts" during late

Goryeo dynasty Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificat ...

and

Joseon Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and ...

. Other names were Seungseon (in Hangul:승선, in Hanja:承宣), Yonghoo(용후, 龍喉) In the era of Goryeo, Munjong designated 4 personnel in charge of dealing with commands of the king, of which official term became transformed from Seungseon to Seungji later in 1276 during the reign of

King Chungnyeol Chungnyeol of Goryeo (3 April 1236 – 30 July 1308) was the 25th ruler of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo from 1274 to 1308. He was the son of Wonjong, his predecessor on the throne. Chungnyeol was king during the Mongol Invasions of Jap ...

. The highest-rank official of Seungji is called Doseungji(Jijoosa or Jishinsa) whose workplace was separated in spite of becoming the member of central Cabinet. Core duty of Seungji was to work independently without any interference of other subjects out of political pressure. Later in 1400 of Joseon, Seungjeongwon (in

:승정원) where Seungji belonged to become an independent organ after three major organs came to remain as three of chief organs.

Duties

The official assignments they had were concerning recipients of the king. In fact, however, they had a lot of power to concern over the affairs of the state, administrating 6 major divisions of the government, treating foreign envoys or going out for work outside the palace.Culture of Joseon
/ref> Royal recipience were the most important not only the medium of King and other bureaucrats but also deciding if several appeals to the Throne can be conveyed. They could also review memorials having been written from certain division with a view to helping the King and giving advice upon the issue.

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Annals of Joseon dynasty
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Rank and Details of Seungji
Joseon dynasty

Duties

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