Yi family

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The Yi family is the royal clan that founded and ruled Korea's Joseon Dynasty, shaping much of the country's premodern history and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal family
alsoKnownAs House of Yi NERFINISHED
Jeonju Yi clan NERFINISHED
ancestralSeat Jeonju NERFINISHED
annexationYear 1910
continuedAsImperialHouseOf Korean Empire NERFINISHED
country Korea NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Korea NERFINISHED
dynasticReligionPolicy state Neo-Confucianism
ethnicity Korean
foundedDynastyInYear 1392
founder Yi Seong-gye NERFINISHED
foundingDynasty Joseon Dynasty NERFINISHED
historicalEra premodern Korea
houseType patrilineal clan
imperialPeriodEnd 1910
imperialPeriodStart 1897
languageHistoricallyUsed Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
Korean
laterTitleOfHead Emperor of Korea NERFINISHED
legacy shaped much of Korea's premodern history and culture
nativeName 이씨 왕가
nativeNameLanguage ko
notableMember Gojong of Korea NERFINISHED
Sejong the Great NERFINISHED
Seonjo of Joseon NERFINISHED
Sunjong of Korea NERFINISHED
Taejong of Joseon NERFINISHED
Yeonsangun of Joseon NERFINISHED
Yi Seong-gye NERFINISHED
overthrownBy annexation of Korea by the Empire of Japan
politicalSystemAssociated monarchy
predecessorDynasty Goryeo Dynasty NERFINISHED
region Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED
religionHistoricallyAssociated Buddhism NERFINISHED
Korean shamanism
Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
ruledDynasty Joseon Dynasty NERFINISHED
ruledPeriodEnd 1897
ruledPeriodStart 1392
scriptHistoricallyUsed Hangul NERFINISHED
Hanja NERFINISHED
significantContribution codification of Korean law codes
development of centralized bureaucratic state in Korea
patronage of Korean literature and scholarship
promotion of Neo-Confucianism in Korea
support for creation and spread of Hangul script
traditionalTitleOfHead King of Joseon NERFINISHED

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House of Yi namedAfter Yi family