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The policies and awareness on martial arts of Crowned prince Sado

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  • 2013, (37), pp.97-126
  • Publisher : Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Kim, Jun Hyuk 1

1경희대학교

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ABSTRACT

The Crowned prince Sado is a character of misfortune who is father of the Chosen dynasty’s 22nd king Jung-jo and second son of the 21st king Young-jo. The assessment of him from later on was as unfortunate as the crowned king who died in a rice container as a sacrificial victim of party strife. Because of that, his contribution to the improvement of martial arts in the late Chosen dynasty and also the roll for the reformation of a military policy was overlooked. There was not even an attempt to study various assessments of his life. The Crowned king Sado was a substitute ruler who ruled the nation for 13 years as a prince who has the right of succession. He’s 13 years of govern wasn’t short compared to other Chosen dynasty king’s the period of reign. And yet, there was no fair assessment due to the prejudice he was subjected to. Ever since he was young, the Crowned prince Sado had aa military spirit and based on this he tried to succeed and actualize king Hyo- jong’s reinforcement of national defense policy to overcome the humiliation of the Im-jin war and also the Byung-ja war. He actively participated in training for martial arts like archery and swordsmanship, and reinforced the theory of martial arts by writing books and developing battle formation. He also tried to increase his strength by reinforcing national defense and taking a lead on publishing ‘Mu-ye-sin-bo’ in 1759, which helped give a boost to military nobility. However, because he was killed in an Imo Incident, his military mind and north-conquering theory wasn’t assessed fairly. Although the fact that the Crowned prince tried to inherit King Hyo-jong’s throne isn’t clear on records, it seems like he tried to gain political cause on King Hyo-jong who is his blood relation instead of his father King Young-jo who tried to run politics based on Tang-pyung, but has thoughts mainly on No-ron. In terms of that, publishing a military book and inheriting King Hyo-jong’s throne is a political action. Thus the Crowned prince Sado meant to solidify his political power and had intended to start a reformation of system after he took over military power and become a king. The Crowned prince Sado’s military reinforcement policy remained throughout his son King Jeong-jo’s reign and contributed to Chosen’s defense and the martial arts by the publish of ‘Mu-ye-do-bo-tong-gi’ and the foundation of the king’s private military camp ‘Jang-yong- young’ in 1791(15thyearofJung-jo).

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