Women During the Joseon Dynasty Part 2 [History of Korea]
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2022
- #korea #women #koreanhistory #joseon #history #한국사 #historyofkorea (episode 29)
Women during the Joseon Dynasty 조선 had very different lives than today. In the previous episode I have explored women and marriage and divorce, inheritance, education, performing ancestral rites and what women had to wear. I have mostly looked at women from the upper class, the yangban 양반. I invite you to watch the first episode before watching this one. In this episode I will look at the lives of female members of the royal family, commoners, entertainers, physicians and shamans.
The queen was in charge of the naewoemyŏngbu 내외명부: the king’s concubines, court ladies, palace women, wives of civil and military officials as well as wives and children of royal family members. She also had to raise her children, more importantly her sons. If she couldn’t bear a son, she had to raise the son of a royal concubine as her own.
Female commoners and slaves were usually involved in productive labor. Female entertainers or courtesans, better known as kisaeng 기생, were property of the state and from the lower classes of socity but were the only women who could interact with members of the yangban class.
Female physicians, uinyeo, 의녀 had to assist male doctors because male physicians couldn’t touch women. They also acted as midwives and even sometimes as kisaeng during Yeonsangun’s reign.
Female shamans, munyeo, 무녀 performed ceremonies for the welfare of all social classes even though they were looked down upon because of Confucianism.
*Other figures and topics explored in this video: naemyŏngbu 내명부, woemyŏngbu 외명부, chinjamrye 친잠례, naeyeon 내연, yakbang kisaeng 약방 기생, gut 굿,
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Just because something goes on so long doesn't mean it's working. It just means people are brainwashed and/or too scared or don't care enough to try to change it.
Can you do women's lives from the goryeo dynasty or even from before during the 3 kingdoms? I love this series
The Three Kingdoms period is an ancient country, so there are very few artifacts. There are not many artifacts like Joseon, so it is impossible to know in detail.😂
Confucian societies in Asia were very oppressive to women and rigid in structure. It was backsliding in treating women from earlier times like the Tang dynasty in China or Goryeo.
I enjoy historical K-dramas. Thank you for your informative videos about Korean history.
Thanks for taking your time to watch ^^
Empress Myeongseon is the Grandmother or GGmother of Min Yoongie ( Sugar) BTS
I enjoy historical Korean dramas too and it's quite interesting learning the history of Korea back then. Thank you
Amo kdramas históricos,mas a realidade daquela época era simplesmente dolorosa 😔🇧🇷
Thank you for this video. It was really well made. Just wanted to comment on the existence of this rigid hierarchy and why the role of women within it lasted so long. It sounded like you were alluding to the idea that restricting women's rights was working somehow and lasted for hundreds of years within the Joseon dynasty. Chattel slavery lasted for thousands of years too. We now know that it is also immoral and inhumane.
Oh yes I’m just saying that the dynasty lasted so long even with restriction of rights but it wasn’t in no way shape or form a good thing.
Great video! thanks
nice video. thank u for the information!
Thank you!
❤ Very nice inputs.
You did really good it was a good series
Thank you for your Korean History videos. I am truly enjoying them! Please continue to do these. Have you done any of the Imjin wars?
Thanks so much ^^
I made a series on Yi Sun-shin and his feats during the Imjin War.
Yi Sun-shin: The Saviour of Joseon
czcams.com/play/PLDpgNb683blwj8-KNCGxXLvEGrppD-dSs.html
Hey I’m enjoying your channel ~ can i look forward to your cover about crown price sado and his dad & his son?.. 😊
Thanks for stopping by! I did a small one on the subject here (but one day I want to make a more detailed one)
czcams.com/video/VFo-KPsPVzQ/video.html
Thank you ..that was so enlightening.. great documentation with real genuine pictures.
Glad you enjoyed it
This was so interesting to learn thank you ❤️
Thanks for watching.
Please, the back music I really like it
A lot of Korean dramas have the Royal court and their court ladies. Can we hear about that system?
I’ll see if I can make a video on that~
Can you do a video about notable queens and concubines like jang huibin, choi sukbin, seong uibin, queen inhyeon etc.
I have made one on Cheonchu, seondeok and Empress Ki. I am looking into making one on a Joseon queen…
Choi sukbin is famous for Jang heebin, but not very famous. She was the birth mother of King Yeongjo, and was the lowest-ranking court lady to mop up at the palace. Because of that, King Yeongjo had a complex about her origin.
I would like to learn about historical people from all decades. Notable Korean people.
Wow, more strict than Chinese royals! At least, when Chinese princes went courting, Chinese women in all levels are not forbidden to get married.
I love the point about the dynasty going on for 500 years so it had to be working. I guess it did ..FOR THE MEN! It's amazing what people (women in this case) will put up with if the stick is big enough.
Cool bro
Do not forget empress chunchu and the joseon series
This history is so depressing 🥲
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Interesting that male doctors were not allowed to touch women! All in all, sounds like historical Korea, though a beautiful culture, was not an easy one to live in!
Europe was also fun with witch-hunt
Yeah I think those women probably had a few ideas on it, just sayin.
And yet moden woman complained how hard their life is, like the back in the old days, woman suffter a lot and more then any moden woman would understand
that doesnt mean that south korea isnt still a very sexist country....look at the elections
So if it's easier compared to before, women aren't supposed to complain now?? Then why are people complaining about racism if slavery was abolished long time ago?? If u can't empathize with others then please shut up!!! You don't even understand what people complain about in modern day... U speak as if its soo easy to be a woman...