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Seonjo — Veritable Records of King Seonjo

Taejo 1392–1399Jeongjong 1399–1401Taejong 1401–1418Sejong 1418–1450Munjong 1450–1452Danjong 1452–1455Sejo 1455–1468Yejong 1468–1470Seongjong 1469–1495Yeonsangun 1495–1506Jungjong 1506–1545Injong 1545–1545Myeongjong 1545–1567Seonjo 1567–1608Seonjo · 1567–1608Gwanghaegun 1608–1623Injo 1623–1649Hyojong 1649–1659Hyeonjong 1659–1674Sukjong 1674–1720Gyeongjong 1720–1724Yeongjo 1724–1776Jeongjo 1776–1800Sunjo 1800–1834Heonjong 1834–1849Cheoljong 1849–1864Gojong 1864–1907Sunjong 1907–191014001500170018001900
Key point

Veritable Records of King Seonjo: rank 11 of 27 reigns in characters per reign-year (114,452), rank 6 in article count. Articles with a historian's comment make up 2.6% (rank 4). Justice-classified articles make up 25.5% of the total, against a median of 21.1% across reigns; royal-lecture keyword articles, 2.4% (median 3.3%). Keyword metrics follow recording practice, so read differences between reigns first as differences in what was written down.

26,716
articles
4,644,626
characters
503
reign (months)
114,452
characters per year
2.6%
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Editions

EditionArticlesCharactersHistorians' commentsMedian length
Veritable Records of King Seonjo26,7164,644,62671782
Revised Veritable Records of King Seonjo1,874449,581188
05001,0001,5002,0002,50015701575158015851590159516001605articles · 1567: 42articles · 1568: 207articles · 1569: 109articles · 1570: 118articles · 1571: 117articles · 1572: 157articles · 1573: 497articles · 1574: 479articles · 1575: 227articles · 1576: 156articles · 1577: 102articles · 1578: 179articles · 1579: 34articles · 1580: 180articles · 1581: 190articles · 1582: 33articles · 1583: 279articles · 1584: 79articles · 1585: 94articles · 1586: 90articles · 1587: 245articles · 1588: 257articles · 1589: 258articles · 1590: 64articles · 1591: 136articles · 1592: 1,124articles · 1593: 2,633articles · 1594: 1,543articles · 1595: 1,282articles · 1596: 1,333articles · 1597: 1,428articles · 1598: 1,649articles · 1599: 1,530articles · 1600: 1,340articles · 1601: 1,189articles · 1602: 892articles · 1603: 1,049articles · 1604: 1,522articles · 1605: 1,014articles · 1606: 1,386articles · 1607: 1,214articles · 1608: 222
Articles per year in this edition; accession and death years are split between adjoining reigns.

Metrics for this reign

MetricThis siteMedian of 27 reigns
royal lecture2.37%3.32%
memorials4.63%4.77%
justice-classified25.52%21.12%
relief / famine0.88%0.88%
slaves1.51%1.49%
vernacular script (count)71.09.0
death-penalty mentions/1,0001.96.8