Talk:Yeongjo of Joseon

Sounds like it's from a drama

He randomly killed people in the palace and was a sexual deviant; however, this might not be true due to contemporary historians showing no records that Prince Sado was mentally ill, but was actually a very wise man who would have become a great king. The rumors of his terrible behavior were actually reported by court officials who personally did not desire a strong king. Yeongjo refused to kill his son with his own hand and on a hot August day in 1762, Sado was ordered to climb into a large wooden rice chest. After eight days, Sado died of suffocation.

This is contradicted by the memoir where the information comes from... Memoir of Lady Hyegyong which is the original source for the idea that Sado was insane. Not his court officials. This sounds rather like someone watched a drama and inserted it. If that's true, please claim it. If not, I'm pulling this for a lack of support and putting in the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong who gave a first hand account of having to tolerate the Prince's madness.--Hitsuji Kinno (talk) 20:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Amusingly, I edited that section some time ago immediately after reading Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, and it was automatically deleted by a bot because I used the term "rape". Lady Hyegyong was thorough and explicit in her memoir. Do consider that Sado almost certainly died of a combination of starvation and dehydration... How could suffocation take 8 days? The fact that it took 8 days implies that somebody was able to provide him with drinking water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 21:57, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

This is what I had written, based on Lady Hyegyong's memoir:

Yeongjo's reign was strongly marked by the forced suicide of his son, crown prince Sado. Contemporary documents, most notably the memoirs of Sado's own mother, describe sprees of rape and murder, initially among the palace maids, and later during forays outside the palace. Yeongjo refused to kill his son with his own hand and Sado would not follow orders from his father to take his own life. On a hot August day in 1767, Sado was ordered to climb into a large wooden rice chest. After eight days, Sado died of starvation and dehydration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 17:26, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Musin Revolt

Why is there no mention of this revolt that started in the south-western provinces during the second year of Yeongjo's reign? See http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9538-9780824852726.aspx --Snow (talk) 13:49, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

POTD

Just for reference, there is a POTD blurb which was written last year, now at Talk:Yeongjo of Joseon/POTD. This can't be used at present as it, and much of the article, is uncited. But keeping it there for posterity, in case we can later revive it.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)