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Ilseongnok
Korean name
Hangul	일성록
Hanja	日省錄
Revised Romanization	Ilseongnok
McCune–Reischauer	Ilsŏngnok

Ilseongnok (Korean: 일성록), known as The Records of Daily Reflections or Diary of Self-examination in English, is a daily record of court events. The extant records cover the last 150 years of the Joseon dynasty, from 1760 to 1910.

On December 31, 1973, it was designated as the 153rd national treasure of Korea. In May 2011, it was listed in UNESCO's Memory of the World registry. The Ilseongnok is a vital historical record, and along with the Joseon Wangjo Sillok, the Seungjeongwon ilgi, and the Bibyeonsa Teungrok, constitutes one of the primary historical sources for the study of the period.

Description

Ilseongnok began as the personal diary of King Jeongjo, and was collected even before he ascended the throne in 1776. He wrote personal reflections and thoughts in the diary. In 1781, he expressed interest in having his diary be made available to and continued by his successors. He reportedly considered calling the text either Ilseongnok, Wolgyerok (월계록; 月計錄), or Ilwoltongpyeon (일월통편; 日月通編; combined meaning of the two previous names), but decided against the latter name because it was already used by another text. In 1785 or 1786, he converted it into an official daily journal of state affairs. The journal was maintained with the help of officials from Kyujanggak, the royal library.

See also

• Annals of the Joseon Dynasty
• Seungjeongwon ilgi
• Uigwe
• History of Korea
• Joseon Dynasty politics

References

1. ^ Memory of the World: The Treasures That Record our History from 1700 BC to the Present Day (1st ed.). Paris: UNESCO Publishing. 2012. p. 286. ISBN 978-92-3-104237-9.
2. ^ 오, 수창, "일성록 (日省錄)", Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2024-07-05
3. "국보 제153호". Cultural Heritage Administration (in Korean). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
4. "UNESCO - Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections". Memory of the World Programme. UNESCO. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
5. Tai-jin Kim. 1976. A Bibliographic Guide to Traditional Korean Sources. Seoul: Asiatic Research Center, 529.
6. ^ "Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections" (PDF). Memory of the World Register. UNESCO. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

External links

• Online version (in Korean) (Kyujanggak)

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