“In 1404, King Taejong fell from his horse during a hunting expedition. Embarrassed, looking to his left and right, he commanded, “Do not let the historian find out about this.” To his disappointment, the historian accompanying the hunting party included these words in the annals, in addition to a description of the king’s fall.“
LMFAOOOOOO rip to that guy
i thought maybe this was fake, but there’s even a citation!
Taejong Sillok Book 7. 5th year of King Taejong’s Reign (1404), February 8.
Happy 618th anniversary of the day King Taejong fell from his horse!
Apparently the recorders were really intense about this. We have a record of King Taejong complaining about a recorder who followed him on a hunt in disguise and another who eavesdropped on him behind a screen. No one was allowed to see the records, even the king (one king did and killed five men based on what was written there, after which they took greater care to ensure it would never happen again), and changing the content or disclosing it was a capital punishment. Even when there were rival political factions trying to influence the writers, they wrote down what was a revision and what wasn’t and kept an original version with no revisions in it.
They also made sure to back up their data. They made four copies of it, then when three copies were lost in the Imrim Wars they decided to make five more copies just in case. One copy was destroyed in a rebellion, another was partially damaged in an invasion, and Japan stole one copy during their occupation and moved it to Tokyo University, where it was mostly destroyed in the Kanto Earthquake (47 books remained and were returned to South Korea in 2006). Now the whole thing is digitized, free on the internet, and translated into modern Korean for all to see.
It took centuries of meticulous recorders, justifiably paranoid copiers, absolutely determined historians, and painstaking infrastructure for this joke to be possible. Happy 618th anniversary to the day King Taejong fell from his horse.
Recently visited a site where I got to see these as well and wanted to share what the records look like!
These were both being housed at the Jeonju Sago pictured below.
2-3 times a week, a mix of sketches and finished pieces
every day, finished pieces
every day, a mix of sketches and finished pieces
other (explain in the tags)
curious about what people expect from artists that they follow- I’ve heard a variety of advice from folks and I’m wondering what the expectations of people on tumblr are
Ummmmm what can I say… They’re all kinda inspied from scenes in the fic… The bathrobe scene made me go Insane Wormy Mode LIKE I KNEW IT WOULD HAHAHA I’M A LITTLE PREDICTABLE. And the scene where’s she’s being a sad moody baby about the whole debacle and fiddling with her comm badge and staring at her reflection in its surface and feeling angsty and spiteful about it WE STAN. <3
I could say it was an excuse to tackle a very visual,,, and pivotal,,, part of the AU that I’d been super intimidated (and bashful teehee) about drawing,,, but I had so much fun with this and I’d conveniently been working up to it days prior by drawing her “evolving” lol.
I’m so grateful for this being written I’m AGAIN a little BASHFUL with content like this despite me ENJOYING IT A LOT LIKE A FREAK HAHAHA, THANK YOU ELEPHANT. <33333333333333
