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creakingstairs 4 hours ago [-]
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!
poppypetalmask 46 minutes ago [-]
Yes, that horse story is perfect. One of the things I love about the Sillok is that even the king wasn’t above the record. Kings were educated to think their conduct would be judged by history, and then you get this very human little entry where the king basically says “don’t log this,” and the system logs that too.
WastedCucumber 3 hours ago [-]
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."
nico 3 hours ago [-]
I just made the connection to why they had a scene like that in a Korean show on Netflix, cool
hbarka 2 hours ago [-]
I think it's this one: Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung. It's on Netflix, the Korean series about a Joseon-era scribe for the royal house.
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.
zuzululu 3 hours ago [-]
This is fascinating. Perhaps what trips me up is the mention of UFOs in the Joseon Archives.
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!
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."
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.
https://youngit.blogspot.com/2012/08/ufo-recorded-in-annals-...