Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Author’s Preface to the English Edition
- Translator’s Preface
- Names, Romanization and Footnotes
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Part I Jeongjo Leads a Joseon Dynasty Renaissance
- Part II The Banchado
- Part III One-year Preparation for an Eight-day Trip
- Part IV Eight-Day Record of the Royal Procession to Hwaseong
- Epilogue
- Appendix I Details of the Itinerary of the Royal Procession to Hwaseong
- Appendix II Major Figures of the Retinue: Titles at the time of the Royal Procession in 1795
- Glossary
- Chinese Characters for Romanized Chinese and Korean Words
10 - The Third Day (Eleventh Day of the Intercalary Second Month)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Author’s Preface to the English Edition
- Translator’s Preface
- Names, Romanization and Footnotes
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Part I Jeongjo Leads a Joseon Dynasty Renaissance
- Part II The Banchado
- Part III One-year Preparation for an Eight-day Trip
- Part IV Eight-Day Record of the Royal Procession to Hwaseong
- Epilogue
- Appendix I Details of the Itinerary of the Royal Procession to Hwaseong
- Appendix II Major Figures of the Retinue: Titles at the time of the Royal Procession in 1795
- Glossary
- Chinese Characters for Romanized Chinese and Korean Words
Summary
THE KING PAYS RESPECTS TO ANCIENT CONFUCIAN SCHOLARS AT THE CONFUCIAN SCHOOL OF HWASEONG
ON THE THIRD day of the journey, various events and ceremonies began in Hwaseong. The events of this day included a visit to Daeseongjeon Shrine inside the Confucian School of Hwaseong (Hwaseong Hyanggyo), special sessions of state recruitment exams for civil and military officials and a rehearsal for Lady Hyegyeong’s sixtieth birthday celebrations.
Daeseongjeon Shrine, which means ‘shrine of great Confucian sage’ and actually refers to a ‘shrine of Confucius’, enshrined the ancestral tablets of twenty-one Chinese Confucian scholars ranging from Confucius to Zhu Xi and those of fifteen Korean Confucian scholars, including Seol Chong (born after 655) and Bak Se-chae (1631–1695). This shrine was also called ‘Munseonwangmyo’, ‘Seongmyo’ or ‘Munmyo’, each referring to the ‘Shrine of Confucius’. By choosing Daeseongjeon Shrine as his first destination in Hwaseong, Jeongjo expressed his commitment to promote Neo-Confucian study.
When the horn was blown three times at five forty-five, the king, mounted and dressed in military attire, passed through the three gates of Hwaseong Rural Palace, and arrived at Paldalmun, the south gate of Hwaseong Fortress. The Confucian School was located at the southern foot of Mt Paldalsan, about two kilometres (two and a quarter miles) southwest of Paldalmun.
Arriving at the gate of the Confucian School, Jeongjo dismounted from his horse and climbed onto an open palanquin, then entered a tent installed before Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall, where he changed into formal attire. With a sceptre in his hand, the king passed through the narrow eastern gate and climbed the eastern stairs. He then proceeded to the waiting place east of the front pillar of Daeseongjeon Shrine, stood facing west, and bowed four times. All the officials and Confucian students accompanying the king also paid their respects to the ancient Confucian scholars following ritual procedures. Jeongjo then went inside the shrine, saw the poor condition of the building and ordered repairs.
THE KING RECRUITS TALENTED PEOPLE AT NANGNAMHEON HALL
Next on the agenda were the special sessions of state recruitment exams for civil and military officials.
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- A Unique BanchadoThe Documentary Painting of King Jeongjo's Royal Procession to Hwaseong in 1795, pp. 118 - 121Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2017