Timeline Guide

[florel]

"The Women of the Palace (or Jewel in the Palace?)" covers the period 1517-1565.

"The Great Jang-Geum" is situated in the reign of king Jung-Jong (1506-1544), "The Immortal YSS" c.1550-1598



1506 : Advent of king Jung-Jong

1511 : Birth of Yi Jeong, father of Admiral Yi Soon-Shin

1517 : Marriage of the king with his 3rd spouse, queen Mun-Jeong

(The Great Jang-Geum Period )

1540 : Birth of Won Kyun (he was NEVER friend of YSS)

1542 : Birth of Yu Sung-Ryong

1544 : Death of king Jung-Jong ; Advent of king In-Jong

1545 : Death of king In-Jong ; Advent of king Myung-Jong, son of queen Mun-Jeong ; Birth of admiral YSS

1564 : Marriage of admiral YSS (The YSS show does not fit to the historical fact in this point)

1565 : Death of queen Mun-Jeong

1567 : Death of king Myung-Jeong without heir ; Advent of king Seon-Jo (=Prince Ha-Sung, grandson of king Jung-Jong and son of Prince Duk-Heung)

(cf. Prince Duk-Heung is son of king Jung-Jong and one of his concubine)

1576 : YSS began his military career

1583 : Death of Yi Jeong, father of YSS

1592 : Imjin War (-1598)

1598 : Death of admiral YSS

[Eowyn]

Thanks for putting together this guide for us, florel.

[florel]

I wish my European-Korean-English does not bore you so much.
I found many (grammatical, orthographical and various) faults after posting my messages.


Those who are living in Chicago are very lucky !

Here, in France, Korean (or Asian) TV drama is totally unknown genre.
I am maniac of EVERY historical dramas. But I have seen none of korean dramas during eight years even though I did not ignore their fame. Only recently, I watched episodes 31-32 and episodes 1-4 of YSS on KBS website and I hooked on this show.

[Eowyn]

Guest-florel said:

I wish my European-Korean-English does not bore you so much. I found many (grammatical, orthographical and various) faults after posting my messages.

Those who are living in Chicago are very lucky !

Here, in France, Korean (or Asian) TV drama is totally unknown genre.
I am maniac of EVERY historical dramas. But I have seen none of korean dramas during eight years even though I did not ignore their fame. Only recently, I watched episodes 31-32 and episodes 1-4 of YSS on KBS website and I hooked on this show.

On the contrary, your European-Korean-English is very good, florel!
So sorry to hear Asian tv has not caught on in France. Maybe it will in the near future.

[florel]

I will update chronological guides in relation to The YSS episodes.
In order to avoid spoilers, I will do this work more later.


Today I heared that those who are living in Paris are able to watch the Immortal YSS by Satellite KBS World.

I have no equipment of satellite ! Dommage !