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Yeongjo — Veritable Records of King Yeongjo

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 1567–1608Gwanghaegun 1608–1623Injo 1623–1649Hyojong 1649–1659Hyeonjong 1659–1674Sukjong 1674–1720Gyeongjong 1720–1724Yeongjo 1724–1776Yeongjo · 1724–1776Jeongjo 1776–1800Sunjo 1800–1834Heonjong 1834–1849Cheoljong 1849–1864Gojong 1864–1907Sunjong 1907–1910140015001600170018001900
Key point

Veritable Records of King Yeongjo: rank 17 of 27 reigns in characters per reign-year (75,074), rank 2 in article count. Articles with a historian's comment make up 1.3% (rank 8). Justice-classified articles make up 27.4% of the total, against a median of 21.1% across reigns; royal-lecture keyword articles, 6.3% (median 3.3%). Keyword metrics follow recording practice, so read differences between reigns first as differences in what was written down.

36,732
articles
3,868,758
characters
639
reign (months)
75,074
characters per year
1.3%
share with historians' comments
02505007501,0001,25017251730173517401745175017551760176517701775articles · 1724: 372articles · 1725: 1,223articles · 1726: 668articles · 1727: 1,132articles · 1728: 1,045articles · 1729: 876articles · 1730: 750articles · 1731: 754articles · 1732: 745articles · 1733: 869articles · 1734: 1,005articles · 1735: 604articles · 1736: 674articles · 1737: 716articles · 1738: 445articles · 1739: 608articles · 1740: 677articles · 1741: 647articles · 1742: 517articles · 1743: 673articles · 1744: 605articles · 1745: 538articles · 1746: 647articles · 1747: 609articles · 1748: 631articles · 1749: 446articles · 1750: 460articles · 1751: 391articles · 1752: 638articles · 1753: 502articles · 1754: 653articles · 1755: 734articles · 1756: 601articles · 1757: 699articles · 1758: 696articles · 1759: 734articles · 1760: 610articles · 1761: 793articles · 1762: 845articles · 1763: 1,026articles · 1764: 783articles · 1765: 733articles · 1766: 448articles · 1767: 612articles · 1768: 785articles · 1769: 739articles · 1770: 732articles · 1771: 903articles · 1772: 864articles · 1773: 731articles · 1774: 554articles · 1775: 690articles · 1776: 293
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 lecture6.26%3.32%
memorials11.62%4.77%
justice-classified27.43%21.12%
relief / famine0.89%0.88%
slaves0.53%1.49%
vernacular script (count)44.09.0
death-penalty mentions/1,0007.76.8