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| Sejong the Great 세종대왕 世宗大王 | |||||||||||||||||
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 Posthumous portrait, 1973 | |||||||||||||||||
| King of Joseon | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 9 September 1418 – 30 March 1450 | ||||||||||||||||
| Enthronement | Geunjeongjeon Hall, Gyeongbok Palace, Hanseong | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Taejong | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Munjong | ||||||||||||||||
| Regent | Crown Prince Yi Hyang (1439–1450) | ||||||||||||||||
| Crown Prince of Joseon | |||||||||||||||||
| Tenure | 8 July 1418 – 9 September 1418 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Crown Prince Yi Je | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Crown Prince Yi Hyang | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | Yi To 15 May 1397 Junsu-bang, Hanseong, Joseon | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 1450 (aged 52) Grand Prince Yeongeung's Mansion,[a] Hanseong, Joseon | ||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Yeongneung Mausoleum, Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Queen Soheon
(m. 1408; died 1446) | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue among others... |
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| Clan | Jeonju Yi | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Yi dynasty | ||||||||||||||||
| Father | Taejong of Joseon | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Queen Wongyeong | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Korean Confucianism (Neo-Confucianism) → Korean Buddhism | ||||||||||||||||
Sejong (Hangul: 세종; Hanja: 世宗; 15 May 1397 – 30 March 1450), personal name Yi To (Hangul: 이도; Hanja: 李祹), commonly known as Sejong the Great (Hangul: 세종대왕; Hanja: 世宗大王), was the fourth monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He is regarded as one of the greatest rulers in Korean history, and is remembered as the inventor of Hangul, the native alphabet of the Korean language.
He is one of only two Korean kings called "great" (the other is Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo). He picked out young scholars and tried to fix the prejudice of classes by helping intelligent but low-class prodigies. In 1442, he had Jang Yeongsil, a scientist in Joseon, invent the Cheugugi (Hangul: 측우기; Hanja: 測雨器). This was a kind of tool to help measure the rain and how much it fell. Also, he expanded the territory of Joseon.
One of the best works and the biggest reason why Sejong was called great was because he created the Hunminjeongeum (Hangul: 훈민정음; Hanja: 訓民正音). It is called in modern days as Hangul (Korean: 한글). Because of the creation of the Hunminjeongeum, Joseon (now Korea) now got its own alphabet, and many people, most of whom have never learned how to read Hanja (Chinese characters used for Korean) could learn how to read and write much more easily than before.
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