This is fascinating. The comet appearing seems to be common throughout different cultures and history as regime change event. There's weird timings there I see which raises some eyebrows but its understandable that they took these things seriously before science came to dominance.
I'm also learning Korean and know little about its early history. I am amused but also alarmed at the mainstreamization of shamanism or these 사주 fortune readers. There seems to be almost no regulation and in some way its a bit weird to see a modern society under its influences (first lady had a personal fortune teller join her on state visits) and its reaches in to the upper echelon of political power (President Park).
Also, noting that perhaps this is an example of what keeps me coming back to HN. It's these narrow esoteric niches and people sharing projets/knowledge around it that makes it unique.
I’ve been binging a Korean YouTuber called Hyangachi(향아치)who goes into Joseon dynasty history in a very approachable way for younger generation and I’ve been researching observability dashboard for my side projects. I didn’t even think about combining the two.
Joseon dynasty was obsessed with preserving history. Not even the king could interfere with it. In fact, a king fell from his horse during a hunt, then told them to not write it down. But we know this happened because they wrote down the order :D
The historians also have known about the importance of resiliency and made back up copies too!
Thanks for that hilarious history tidbit. The actual record makes it even better. From the wiki page for Taejong of Joseon:
The king himself rode a horse and shot arrows at a deer. However, the horse stumbled, causing him to fall off, but he was not injured. Looking around, he said, "Do not let the historians know about this."
기유년 2월에 세종이 평강(平康)에서 강무(講武)를 하였는데, 세조가 사슴을 쏜 7발(發)이 모두 그 목을 관통하였다.
"In the second lunar month of the giyu year, King Sejong held a military drill (gangmu) at Pyeonggang. Sejo shot seven arrows at a deer, and all of them pierced its neck."
https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kga_000002
Many K-drama and movies are inspired by these records.
This is fascinating. The comet appearing seems to be common throughout different cultures and history as regime change event. There's weird timings there I see which raises some eyebrows but its understandable that they took these things seriously before science came to dominance.
I'm also learning Korean and know little about its early history. I am amused but also alarmed at the mainstreamization of shamanism or these 사주 fortune readers. There seems to be almost no regulation and in some way its a bit weird to see a modern society under its influences (first lady had a personal fortune teller join her on state visits) and its reaches in to the upper echelon of political power (President Park).
Also, noting that perhaps this is an example of what keeps me coming back to HN. It's these narrow esoteric niches and people sharing projets/knowledge around it that makes it unique.
This is the definition of a nerd snipe for me.
I’ve been binging a Korean YouTuber called Hyangachi(향아치)who goes into Joseon dynasty history in a very approachable way for younger generation and I’ve been researching observability dashboard for my side projects. I didn’t even think about combining the two.
Joseon dynasty was obsessed with preserving history. Not even the king could interfere with it. In fact, a king fell from his horse during a hunt, then told them to not write it down. But we know this happened because they wrote down the order :D
The historians also have known about the importance of resiliency and made back up copies too!
Thanks for that hilarious history tidbit. The actual record makes it even better. From the wiki page for Taejong of Joseon:
The king himself rode a horse and shot arrows at a deer. However, the horse stumbled, causing him to fall off, but he was not injured. Looking around, he said, "Do not let the historians know about this."
I just made the connection to why they had a scene like that in a Korean show on Netflix, cool
The data comes from the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty. https://sillok.history.go.kr/intro/english.do I'm browsing it. Wow, there's so much detail, like:
己酉二月, 世宗講武于平康, 世祖射鹿, 七發皆貫其項。
기유년 2월에 세종이 평강(平康)에서 강무(講武)를 하였는데, 세조가 사슴을 쏜 7발(發)이 모두 그 목을 관통하였다.
"In the second lunar month of the giyu year, King Sejong held a military drill (gangmu) at Pyeonggang. Sejo shot seven arrows at a deer, and all of them pierced its neck." https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kga_000002
Many K-drama and movies are inspired by these records.
Treating historical records like system logs is a framing I hadn't considered. interesting
Great, now we need this with current data for modern governments