Yeongjo of Joseon
Temple name
Hangul:	영조
Hanja:	英祖
Revised Romanization:	Yeongjo
McCune-Reischauer:	Yǒngjo
Birth name
Hangul:	이금
Hanja:	李昑
Revised Romanization:	I Geum
McCune-Reischauer:	Yi Keum

Yeongjo (1694-1776, r. 1724-1776) was the twenty-first king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the second son of Sukjong, and succeeded his older brother Gyeongjong. Image File history File links scan from 《社会历史博物馆》 ISBN 7-5347-1397-8 李成桂 File links The following pages link to this file: Taejo of Joseon ... Temple names (Traditional Chinese: 廟號 Simplified Chinese: 庙号 Pinyin: miào hào;), are commonly used when naming most Chinese, Vietnamese (such dynasties as Tran,Anterior Lê and Nguyen Dynasty) and most Korean rulers of the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties. ... Hangul (Korean: 한글, hangeul) is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as opposed to the non-alphabetic hanja system borrowed from China. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... The Joseon Dynasty (also Chosŏn, Hangul: 조선왕조, Hanja: 朝鮮王朝) was the final ruling dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. ... Sukjong of Joseon ruled Korea from 1674 to 1720, the nineteenth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty. ...

King Yeongjo was the first to take action against Roman Catholic activities in the country. By the 18th century, Catholicism was beginning to acquire a following especially in the Gangwon and Hwanghae provinces. In 1758, Yeongjo officially outlawed Catholicism as an evil practice. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Gangwon (Gangwon-do) is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. ... Hwanghae (Hwanghae-do) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty, and one of the thirteen provinces of Korea during the Japanese Colonial Period. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Evil is a term describing that which is regarded as morally bad, intrinsically corrupt, wantonly destructive, inhumane, or wicked. ...

Yeongjo was buried in the dynastic tombs at Donggureung.

See also

• History of Korea
• Rulers of Korea
• Joseon Dynasty

King Yǒngjo was the epitome of a Confucian monarch. In fact, he is said to of had a greater knowledge of the classics than his officials. His reign of fifty-two years is the longest in Korean history. Yǒngjo and his grandson Chǒngjo's (Jeongjo) reigns (1724-1800 combined) are considered to be a golden age in Korean history. During this time Confucianization was at its height as was economic recovery from the wars of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Joseon dynasty court architecture This article is about the history of Korea. ... Korea has been ruled by a number of kingdoms/empires and republics over the last several millennia. ... The Joseon Dynasty (also Chosŏn, Hangul: 조선왕조, Hanja: 朝鮮王朝) was the final ruling dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. ...

The only significantly dismal incident during Yǒngjo's reign was the forced suicide of his son, the crown prince Sado. Sado most likely suffered from mental illness. He randomly killed people in the palace and was a sexual deviant. Yǒngjo refused to kill his son with his own hand and Sado would not follow orders from his father to take his own life. On a hot August day in 1767, Sado finally obeyed his father and climbed in to a large wooden rice chest. After eight days, Sado died of suffocation. Nine years later Yǒngjo died and Sado's son Chǒngjo became king.