Jeongjo - Jeongso

Japanese: 正祖 - せいそ

The 22nd king of the Joseon Dynasty. Reigned from 1776 to 1800. Together with his grandfather, Yeongjo, he built an era known as the renaissance of the Joseon Dynasty. As a child, he witnessed the tragic death of his father, Prince Sado, who was locked in a chest by Yeongjo. After ascending to the throne, he is said to have aimed to eliminate the strife between in-laws and factions in the court and to establish a thorough civil rule and royal authority. The year after his accession to the throne, he established the royal academy, Gyujanggak, and actively recruited scholars of illegitimate status to his cabinet. By appointing excellent scholars as brains one after another, regardless of party affiliation, practical learning that emphasized reality flourished instead of speculative Confucianism. He suppressed the control of local yangban and sirins over villages and strengthened the governing power of the court, and established the Jangyongyang Army, a military unit directly under the king, to directly seize military power. He made plans to build Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon and move the capital there, but he died shortly after it was completed, so the move was shelved.
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Japanese:

朝鮮王朝第22代の王。在位1776年より1800年。先代の王で祖父の英祖とともに，朝鮮王朝のルネッサンスと呼ばれる時代を築いた。幼時に父の思悼世子が英祖に櫃に閉じ込められて死ぬという悲劇を目撃したことで，即位後，宮廷の外戚や党派の抗争を廃して徹底した文治主義による統治と王権の確立を目指したとされる。即位の翌年，王立アカデミーである奎章閣(けいしょうかく)を設置し，庶子身分の学者も積極的に閣員に採用した。党派にかかわらず優秀な学者を次々とブレーンとして登用したことで，思弁的な朱子学に替わって，現実を重視する実学が開花した。地方の両班や士林の郷村支配を抑制し宮廷の統治力の強化を図り，王直属の軍隊・壮勇営を設置して兵権の直接的な掌握を実行した。水原に華城を建設して遷都する計画を立てたが完成直後に没し，遷都の実現は見送られた。
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