Post by Truth on Apr 12, 2007 11:09:56 GMT -5
bae said:
Dae Jo Young is always full of surprises. Just when you think you've got his motives and his plans figured out he springs something new on you. Kind of like Jini in Hwang Jini when the Ambassador (was it?) from China came over and wrote a poem on her hanbok and she ripped it off and threw it into the fire and everyone's jaws dropped open and then she covered it up by saying she's got his poem recited so she doesn't need it on her hanbok! Cleaver people. I think it was ajk who pointed out that they really played that scene out with all the hand slashing for a dramatic effect. Was a bit unnecessary and excessive in my opinion, but it certainly made the point known that they have a special bond now.
just like to let you know that this whole 'brotherhood' thing is also fictional because DJY's only brother was Dae Yabal(whom for some reason never existed in this drama)
and Heuk Sudol is a fictional character.
This drama left out many real life figures such as Yim Ahsang,(father-in-law of Dae Mooye, DJY's first son and the successor to the throne), Yeon Chulseng(the nephew of DJY's wife), and Ah Buljin.(one of DJY's most trusted general)
p.s This July, KBS will be airing North Korean history drama 'Six martyred ministers', which was funded by KBS in production. Actors are all North Koreans, of course. I can't wait for this drama because it would be my first North Korean history drama!
p.s 2
The six martyred ministers or Sayuksin were six ministers of the Joseon Dynasty who were executed in 1456.[1] They were executed by King Sejo on the charge plotting to return Danjong to the throne.
The Six were Seong Sam-mun, Pak Paeng-nyeon, Ha Wi-ji, Yi Gae, Yu Eung-bu, and Yu Seong-won. [2] Most were members of the Hall of Worthies, a high council of state, who had been appointed by King Sejong. King Munjong had charged them looking after his son King Danjong, and they reacted with outrage to Sejo's usurpation of the throne in 1455. Together with Kim Jil , they plotted a coup to coincide with the visit of a Ming Dynasty envoy. However, Kim Jil changed his mind at the last minute and betrayed the plot to Sejo. The Six were seized and tortured; when they refused to repent and insisted that their actions had been righteous, they were executed.
Although the Six were the most famous, more than 70 were put to death for their suspected involvement in the plot or sympathy with Danjong. As was common with purges in the Joseon Dynasty, the penalties were not limited to the individual but extended to the entire family. The men of the family were put to death and the women were made slaves.
In later years national opinion came to revere the Six as model subjects, and numerous shrines and seowon(study hall) were erected in their memory.