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''Ilseongnok'' (), known as ''The Records of Daily Reflections'' or ''Diary of Self-examination'' in English, is a daily record of court events. The extant records cover the last 150 years of the
NAVER Encyclopedia (in Korean)
Works by Joseon people History books about Korea Memory of the World Register Chinese-language literature of Korea {{Korea-hist-stub 18th-century establishments in Korea 1910 disestablishments in Korea
''Ilseongnok'' (), known as ''The Records of Daily Reflections'' or ''Diary of Self-examination'' in English, is a daily record of court events. The extant records cover the last 150 years of the Joseon dynasty
Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom w ...
, from 1760 to 1910.
On December 31, 1973, it was designated as the 153rd national treasure of Korea. In May 2011, it was listed in UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...
's Memory of the World
UNESCO's Memory of the World (MoW) Programme is an international initiative to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, neglect, decay over time and climatic conditions, as well as deliberate destruction. It ca ...
registry. The ''Ilseongnok'' is a vital historical record, and along with the '' Joseon Wangjo Sillok'', the '' Seungjeongwon ilgi'', and the '' Bibyeonsa Teungrok'', constitutes one of the primary historical sources for the study of the period.Tai-jin Kim. 1976. ''A Bibliographic Guide to Traditional Korean Sources''. Seoul: Asiatic Research Center, 529.
Description
''Ilseongnok'' began as the personal diary of King Jeongjo, and was collected even before he ascended the throne in 1776. He wrote personal reflections and thoughts in the diary. In 1781, he expressed interest in having his diary be made available to and continued by his successors. He reportedly considered calling the text either ''Ilseongnok'', ''Wolgyerok'' (), or ''Ilwoltongpyeon'' (; combined meaning of the two previous names), but decided against the latter name because it was already used by another text. In 1785 or 1786, he converted it into an official daily journal of state affairs. The journal was maintained with the help of officials from Kyujanggak, the royal library.See also
*''Annals of the Joseon Dynasty
The ''Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty'', sometimes called ''sillok'' () for short, are state-compiled and published records, called Veritable Records, documenting the reigns of the kings of the Joseon dynasty in Korea. Kept from 1392 to ...
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*'' Seungjeongwon ilgi''
*''Uigwe
''Uigwe'' () is the generic name given to a collection of approximately 3,895 books recording in detail the royal rituals and ceremonies of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. There is no generally agreed English translation for the title of the work; ...
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*History of Korea
The Lower Paleolithic era on the Korean Peninsula and in Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago.
Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825.
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* Joseon Dynasty politics
References
External links
NAVER Encyclopedia (in Korean)
Works by Joseon people History books about Korea Memory of the World Register Chinese-language literature of Korea {{Korea-hist-stub 18th-century establishments in Korea 1910 disestablishments in Korea