Sejong the Great

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Confucian ruler Korean monarch historical figure king of Joseon

Sejong the Great was a revered 15th-century Korean king of the Joseon Dynasty, best known for his sweeping cultural and scientific reforms that laid the foundations of Korea’s written and intellectual tradition.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Sejong the Great canonical	9
King Sejong	3
King Sejong the Great	2
Sejong	1
Sejong Daewang	1
Sejong of Joseon	1
Sejong the Great (for Hangul)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confucian ruler ⓘ Korean monarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ king of Joseon ⓘ
aimedTo	improve literacy among commoners ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sejong the Great ⓘ surface form: King Sejong Sejong the Great ⓘ surface form: Sejong Daewang Sejong the Great ⓘ surface form: Sejong of Joseon
birthDate	1397-05-15 ⓘ
birthName	Yi Do ⓘ
birthPlace	Hanyang ⓘ surface form: Han Yang Seoul ⓘ
commissioned	astronomical instruments ⓘ rain gauges ⓘ sundials ⓘ water clocks ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Joseon ⓘ
created	Hunminjeongeum ⓘ
deathDate	1450-03-30 ⓘ
deathPlace	Hanyang ⓘ surface form: Han Yang Seoul ⓘ
dynasty	Joseon ⓘ surface form: Joseon Dynasty
era	15th century ⓘ
father	King Taejong of Joseon ⓘ surface form: Taejong of Joseon
house	House of Yi ⓘ
implemented	land taxation reforms ⓘ
languagePolicy	promotion of Korean language literacy ⓘ
legacy	foundational figure in Korean written tradition ⓘ symbol of Korean cultural identity ⓘ
mother	Queen Wongyeong ⓘ
nationality	Korean ⓘ
notableFor	creation of Hangul ⓘ legal and administrative reforms ⓘ linguistic reform ⓘ promotion of Confucianism ⓘ scientific innovation ⓘ
patronOf	Hall of Worthies ⓘ Jiphyeonjeon ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Joseon ⓘ
posthumousName	Sejong the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sejong
predecessor	King Taejong of Joseon ⓘ surface form: Taejong of Joseon
promoted	agricultural technology ⓘ astronomical research ⓘ meteorological observation ⓘ
reignEnd	1450 ⓘ
reignStart	1418 ⓘ
religion	Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
spouse	Queen Soheon ⓘ
successor	Munjong of Joseon ⓘ
title	The Great ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hangul → creator → Sejong the Great ⓘ

Korean → creatorOfWritingSystem → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sejong the Great (for Hangul)

Changgyeonggung → foundedBy → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Sejong

Joseon → creator → Sejong the Great ⓘ

subject surface form: Hangul

Joseon → notableMonarch → Sejong the Great ⓘ

Korean King Sejong Station → namedAfter → Sejong the Great ⓘ

Sejong the Great → alsoKnownAs → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Sejong

Sejong the Great → alsoKnownAs → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sejong of Joseon

Sejong the Great → alsoKnownAs → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sejong Daewang

Sejong the Great → posthumousName → Sejong the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sejong

Hunminjeongeum → promulgatedBy → Sejong the Great ⓘ

Hunminjeongeum → compiledUnderDirectionOf → Sejong the Great ⓘ

Hunminjeongeum → associatedWithKing → Sejong the Great ⓘ

Hangul Day → honors → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Sejong the Great

Hangul Day → relatedTo → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Sejong the Great

Joseongeul → creator → Sejong the Great ⓘ

House of Yi → notableMember → Sejong the Great ⓘ

Middle Korean → standardizationAssociatedWith → Sejong the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Sejong