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Gyeongjong — Veritable Records of King Gyeongjong
Key point
Veritable Records of King Gyeongjong: rank 16 of 27 reigns in characters per reign-year (82,995), rank 20 in article count. Articles with a historian's comment make up 1.5% (rank 7). Justice-classified articles make up 33.0% of the total, against a median of 21.1% across reigns; royal-lecture keyword articles, 0.7% (median 3.3%). Keyword metrics follow recording practice, so read differences between reigns first as differences in what was written down.
2,744
articles354,711
characters54
reign (months)82,995
characters per year1.5%
share with historians' commentsEditions
| Edition | Articles | Characters | Historians' comments | Median length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veritable Records of King Gyeongjong | 2,744 | 354,711 | 41 | 39 |
| Revised Veritable Records of King Gyeongjong | 431 | 119,405 | 6 | 102 |
Metrics for this reign
| Metric | This site | Median of 27 reigns |
|---|---|---|
| royal lecture | 0.69% | 3.32% |
| memorials | 9.38% | 4.77% |
| justice-classified | 33.03% | 21.12% |
| relief / famine | 0.91% | 0.88% |
| slaves | 0.44% | 1.49% |
| vernacular script (count) | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| death-penalty mentions/1,000 | 4.7 | 6.8 |