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[SBS] Six Flying Dragons ~ Yoo Ah In, Shin Se Kyung, Kim Myung Min [Part 3]
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 47~48
The historical background to help understand Ep. 47~48
■ Jung Do-Jeon 삼봉 정도전 三峰 鄭道傳 (1342~1398)No contemporary portrait of Jung Do-Jeon exists. The above portrait is an imaginary picture. Sambong Jung Do-Jeon was a politician who insisted on socialist land reforms 200 years ahead of Karl Marx. He was a Confucian scholar who insisted on Constitutional monarchy restricted by laws 300 years ahead of England’s Glorious Revolution. He was a religious reformer who was 130 years ahead of Martin Luther. He was a historian, a music composer, a military strategist, a philosopher. He was a true genius ahead of his time.
However, the most impressive thing about Jung Do-Jeon is that he was not an armchair scholar at all. He really put his plan into action and founded his ideal nation Joseon (조선 朝鮮) based on his Confucian ideology. Let me introduce some famous quotes of Sambong.
“King and country are only worthwhile when they exist for the people.” (from Sambong-Jip 삼봉집 三峰集)
“People are extremely weak, but you can’t keep them in submission by power and threat. People are really ignorant, but you can’t deceive them by a trick. If you gain their heart, they will gladly follow you. But if you can’t gain their heart, they will abandon you.” (from Joseon Gyeonggukjeon 조선경국전 朝鮮經國典) King Taejong (Yi Bang-Won) kept Jung Do-Jeon’s reforms intact for the most part and completed his remaining reforms. However, he vilified Sambong to justify his coup and reinstated Poeun Jung Mong-Joo’s honor with the intention of pulling down Jung Do-Jeon. All of a sudden, Poeun became a divine hero who sacrificed himself to protect the declining country, while Sambong became a cunning traitor and opportunist to betray the kingdom. It must be the most absurd irony of Korean history. From then on, Jung Do-Jeon’s name had been a taboo for about 600 years. His honor was completely reinstated in the late 19th century just before Joseon collapsed. Historically, Jung Do-Jeon had 4 sons. Jung Young (정영 鄭泳) and Jung Yoo(정유 鄭游) were killed on the way to save their father. Jung Dham (정담 鄭湛) committed suicide. All of them died on the same day. However, his eldest sonJung Jin (정진 鄭津, 1361~1427) survived. He got demoted to a naval officer after the First Strife of Princes, but later rose to the Minister of Justice under King Taejong’s reign. He compiled his father’s works and published Sambong-Jip (삼봉집 三峰集 ‘The collection of Sambong’s writings’). In Tree with Deep Roots, Jung Do-Jeon’s younger brother (Jung Do-Gwang), Jung Do-Jeon’s nephew (Jung Gi-Joon), and Milbon (Hidden Roots) members have survived from the coup and continued to lurk in the shadow for a long time. All of them are fictional characters created by SFD writers.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 47~48
The historical background to help understand Ep. 47~48
Bang-Won : You must take the throne, right now. Father will vacate the throne.
Bang-Gwa : Bang-Won, I don’t have a son from my wife. I don’t want it. Do you know that?
Bang-Won : I will respect your thoughtful decision.
■ King Jeongjong 정종 定宗 (1357~1419 / reign : 1398~1400)The day after the coup (August 27, 1398), Yi Bang-Won sent a messenger to call Yi Bang-Gwa back to the palace and offered the Crown Prince’s position to him. The ostensible reason for the First Strife of Princes was “Depose the second wife’s son! Establish the legitimate eldest son of the first wife as the Crown Prince!” It didn’t make sense because Queen Shindeok (Lady Gang, Bang-Seok’s mother) was also a legitimate wife, but Yi Bang-Won’s side completely ignored the fact and insisted that Bang-Beon and Bang-Seok are children of a concubine. At that time, the legitimate eldest son was Yi Bang-Gwa (이방과 李芳果). As he didn’t have any ambition to be King, he declined Bang-Won’s offer in the beginning but finally accepted it. He might be fully aware that he would become a transitional ruler like King Gongyang to make Bang-Won King in the end. Bang-Gwa had many sons from his concubines, but his lawful wife (he loved her so much!) didn’t have any son. Based on the coup’s motto, Bang-Gwa’s illegitimate sons couldn’t claim to be the heir to the kingdom. No doubt it was calculated move from Bang-Won to lull many people’s animosity toward himself as well as to guarantee his succession to the kingdom. King Taejo (Yi Seong-Gye) handed over the crown to Bang-Gwa on September 5, 1398. It was 10 days after the First Strife of Princes. King Jeongjong (Yi Bang-Gwa) entrusted the state affairs to his younger brother Bang-Won and enjoyed playing Gyeokgoo (격구 擊毬, a kind of polo) during his reign. It must be his intentional appeal to Bang-Won that he had no ambition to own the kingdom. Two years later, he finally abdicated to Bang-Won and lived a free life for 18 years until he died.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 47~48
The historical background to help understand Ep. 47~48
■ The First Strife of Princes - Part 3. Victims◉ Crown Prince Yi Bang-Seok 이방석 李芳碩 (1382~1398) On August 27 of 1398, Bang-Won forced Jo Joon and Dodang ministers to write a petition to replace the Crown prince. At that moment, Crown Prince Yi Bang-Seok was still alive and standing by his father’s sickbed. King Taejo (Yi Seong-Gye) immediately granted it to save his youngest son’s life. Nonetheless, when reading the royal order written by Dodang ministers which calls his soul mate Sambong “a Traitor”, King Taejo bitterly shed tears and said“There seems to be something in my throat. My chest is blocked up.” Dodang insisted that the deposed Crown prince should be expelled from the palace. Yi Bang-Seok made his last deep bow to his father and left the palace even though his wife tried to stop him. He told her “My brothers promised to spare my life. So, Don’t worry”. However, as soon as he went outside of the west gate of the palace, he was immediately killed by an assassin sent by Yi Geo-Yi, Yi Jeo, and Jo Park. He was 16 and had a baby son from his wife (Shim Hyo-Saeng’s daughter). There are another version of his death in “unofficial” history. It says Bang-Won threw him into a well inside the palace even though he was still alive. Jung Do-Jeon (2014, KBS) and Six Flying Dragons (2015~2016, SBS) described that Bang-Won killed Bang-Seok with his own sword.
◉ Yi Bang-Beon 이방번 李芳蕃 (1381~1398) The madness went on. Dodang also insisted that Yi Bang-Beon (Yi Seong-Gye’s 7th son from Queen Shindeok) should also be expelled from the palace. King Taejo thought they wouldn’t kill him because he was not the Crown Prince. Bang-Won didn’t have any intention to kill him, so he personally said good-bye and sent him off in front of the palace gate. However, Bang-Gan (Yi Seong-Gye’s 4th son) and his follower Yi Baek-Gyeong sent an assassin and killed him in Yanghwado island.
◉ Yi Je 이제 李濟 (1365~1398) Yi Je didn’t appear in SFD. He was the husband of Princess Gyeongsoon (경순공주 慶順公主) who was Queen Shindeok’s daughter and Crown Prince Bang-Seok’s uterine sister. So to speak, Yi Je was King Taejo’s most favorite son-in-law. When the coup broke out, Yi Je insisted on fighting back against Bang-Won but the king compelled him to give up fighting. After he came back home, his wife persuaded him to join Yi Bang-Won’s side, but he didn’t listen to her. As a result, he was murdered in his house by Yi Bang-Won’s soldiers. When King Taejo heard about his death, he couldn’t contain his sorrow and beat his chest.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 47~48
The historical background to help understand Ep. 47~48
◉ Nam Eun 남은 南誾 (1354-1398) Nam Eun survived from the massacre in Songhyeonbang. He fled with his entourage and was hiding outside the capital for a while. Despite his entourage’s objection, he decided to turn himself in to the prison. He thought he could avoid being killed not only because he’d never contrived to get himself disliked but also because Bang-Won liked him personally. However, he was executed by beheading. Nam Eun’s death seems to be against Bang-Won’s will, because he missed Nam Eun many times after becoming King. According to the annals, Bang-Won praised the royalty of Nam Eun’s entourage and gave them government posts. He also saved the life ofNam Jae who was Nam Eun’s elder brother. Yi Shin-Jeok is a fictional character. Therefore, it is a fiction that he killed Nam Eun for the sake of Milbon’s survival in SFD.
■ Episode 47~48 Brief Timeline (Lunar Calendar)1398
- August 26, The first strife of Princes.
- Yi Bang-Won killed Prime minister Jung Do-Jeon, his colleague Nam Eun, and Crown prince Yi Bang-Seok.
- In September, King Taejo handed over the crown to his second son Yi Bang-Gwa (King Jeongjong, the 2nd king of the Joseon Dynasty), but the actual power was in Yi Bang-Won’s hand.
- October 3, Hongwu Emperor’s death was delivered to the Joseon court.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 49~50
The historical background to help understand Ep. 49~50
Monk Jeokryong : I heard that private trading activities will be banned as well. So I’m thinking of becoming a pedlar.
Ha Ryun : A pedlar? You’ll become a itinerant vendor?
Monk Jeokryong : I want to create a big union for Joseon’s pedlars. Will you help me?
Ha Ryun : If you and I can both benefit from it. Then I guess you can no longer use your Buddhist name, Jeokryong.
Monk Jeokryong : Yes, that’s right.
Ha Ryun : Then how could I address you from now on?
Monk Jeokryong : My given birth name was Baek Dal-Won. You can call me by that name.
■ Baek Dal-Won 백달원 白達元 (?~?)Bobusang (보부상 褓負商, Korean pedlars) is a traveling vendor of goods in the countryside to small towns and villages. Baek Dal-Won (백달원 白達元) is the man who established pedlars’ labor union for the first time in the Korean history. In the history, when Yi Seong-Gye was a local governor in Hamju area, he was badly wounded during a battle against Jurchen tribes. As the situation was critical, a traveling vendor put Yi Seong-Gye on his A-frame used to carry cargo and saved his life. Since then, pedlars had played an important role to help Yi Seong-Gye found Joseon. Baek Dal-Won, the pedlar who saved Yi Seong-Gye’s life, became their union leader and swore his pledge to Joseon government. As a result, they were rewarded with the monopoly of commercial activities in the country as well as the support of the government officials. It was Joseon version of back-scratching alliance of government and businesses. In its heyday, the membership of the pedlars’ union numbered nearly 2 million in 3 thousands markets all over the country. In national crisis like wars against Japan and Qing China, they transported provision, spied out the enemy’s movement, and sometimes directly participated in the battles. However, in the later Joseon period, they often worked as corrupt government informants to harrass the people.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 49~50
The historical background to help understand Ep. 49~50
King Jeongjong (Bang-Gwa) : Bang-Gan, that idiot! Did he think he could lead a coupt d'etat?
Yi Ji-Ran : Still, it’s a good thing Prince Jeongan kept his brother alive.
King Jeongjong : In this troubled times, you’re still looking after your brother who tried to kill you. You’ll set a great example.
Yi Bang-Won : You are very generous, Your Majesty.
King Jeongjong : Prince Jeongan… no, Bang-Won. Let me take a rest. I’ll abdicate the throne.
■ The Second Strife of Princes (January, 1400)Also know as Park Po’s rebellion (박포의 난). General Park Po (박포 朴苞, ?~1400) was disappointed by Yi Bang-Won for not rewarding him enough for his action in the First Strife of Princes, and instigated Yi Bang-Gan to raise an army against his younger brother Yi Bang-Won.
However, on the date of the coup, Park Po stayed at home and didn’t participate in the battle at all. It was carried out by Yi Bang-Gan from beginning to end, but King Jeongjong (Bang-Gwa) and Bang-Won left poor Park Po holding the bag in order to save their brother’s life.
Bang-Gan conspired with his followers to raise an army on January 28, 1400. It was a day for royal family to go out hunting animals which would be offered as a sacrifice for the national ritual. However, one of his followers, Yi Rae (이래 李來), wanted to stop him and spilt the beans to his teacher Woo Hyeon-Bo(우현보 禹玄寶, 1333~1400). Woo Hyeon-Bo informed Yi Bang-Won of the plan. As a result, the whole plan was already leaked to Bang-Won in advance.
Bang-Won was in control of the situation but assumed ignorance. Bang-Ganconfidently informed his father (Yi Seong-Gye) and King Jeongjong (Bang-Gwa) that he raised an army to stand resolute for justice, but received only snarky reponses from both of them.
“You daft cow! Do you have any different mother or father from Bang-Won’s? Stop it, right now!” (from his father, Yi Seong-Gye)
“You idiot! Do you really think that you can win victory over Bang-Won? If you turn yourself in, I’ll try my best to spare your life. Come back to the palace, immediately!” (from his elder brother King Jeongjong).
Bang-Gan was offended at their cold responses, but he didn’t give up. (LOL) At that time, Joseon’s capital had been moved back to Gaegyung. The two brothers were standing face to face across Seonjuk bridge where Poeun had been killed by Bang-Won 8 years ago. Before the battle, Bang-Won performed a great one-man-show by shedding tears and delivering a moving address in front of his soldiers. “How can I fight with my brother! Curse my fate! No one can hurt my brother. Do you understand?” (LOL) After arrows rained upon them and several soldiers were killed, Bang-Won easily defeated Bang-Gan’s forces. Bang-Gan fled away but soon broke down from exhaustion. He was arrested, and confessed as he was told that it was Park Po who incited him to fight against Bang-Won. It was all Park Po’s fault! Well, Bang-Gan was serious but the whole situation was like a comedy. Bang-Won refused to execute his brother and sent him into exile. Instead, poor Park Po who did nothing was executed. Bang-Gan had lived comfortably in banishment until he died of an illness in 1421. Three days after the Second Strife of Princes ( February 1, 1400), King Jeongjong (Bang-Gwa) accepted Ha Ryun’s petition and named Yi Bang-Won as his crown prince. In November, King Jeongjong abdicated and Yi Bang-Won finally ascended the throne. (* King Taejong, the 3rd king of the Joseon Dynasty).
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 49~50
The historical background to help understand Ep. 49~50
King Taejong (Yi Bang-Won) : Order Min Moo-Gu and Min Moo-Jil to kill themselves.
Queen Wongyeong (Lady Min) : How can you do this? Are you trying to kill everyone in my family? I am a member of Min clan, too. You should kill me, too. Who hid the weapons in Banchon? Who supported you to raise your private army? If it weren’t for our Min clan, would you think you be sitting in that chair right now?
King Taejong : My queen…
Queen Wongyeong : Am I wrong?
King Taejong : They said that Prince Hyoryeong and Prince Chungnyeong had to be removed to protect the Crown Prince. Hyoryeong and Chungnyeong are your sons, aren’t they? (* Hyoryeong (2nd son), Chungnyeong (3rd son))
Queen Wongyeong : Ha! That’s not the reason, isn’t it? You did it because you have to have the power alone. Do you think I don’t know you?
King Taejong : If you know it, you should be careful, too.
■ The collapse of Min Clan and Queen Wongyeong (원경왕후 元敬王后, 1365~1420)Lady Min (Queen Wongyeong) had 4 younger brothers.
- Min Moo-Gu 민무구 閔無咎 (?~1410)
- Min Moo-Jil 민무질 閔無疾 (?～1410)
- Min Moo-Hyul 민무휼 閔無恤 (?～1416)
- Min Moo-Hwae 민무회 閔無悔 (?~1416)
Moo-Gu and Moo-Jil played a pivotal role in the First Strife of Princes by helping their sister to hide weapons as well as by contacting Yi Sook-Beon to mobilize his troops in the capital. They were regarded as one of the biggest contributors to make Yi Bang-Won King. Lady Min’s first 3 sons died as infants. When Yi Je / Prince Yangnyeong (양녕대군 이제 讓寧大君 李褆, 1394~1462) was born, she made the baby boy raised in her Min family’s house in the hope that he would grow healthy and strong. As a result, Crown Prince Yangnyeong was maintaining the closest relation with his maternal uncles unlike his younger brothers. The Crown Prince was somewhat truculent toward his father King Taejong (Yi Bang-Won). It was no wonder because he had watched his ungrateful father ignore his mother’s contribution as well as accept so many concubines all at once to keep Min clan’s power in check. Yesterday’s ally became today’s enemy. As the marital discord between King Taejong and Queen Wongyeong got worse day by day, Min brothers had a secret desire to establish their nephew (Prince Yangnyeong) as a new King for their benefits. In short, it was a conflict between King Taejong and the Queen’s family surrounding the Crown prince Yangnyeong. King Taejong sticked to primogeniture and favored the eldest son as his successor, even though he already knew his 3rd son Prince Chungnyeong (Yi Do) was far better than him. However, according to the Annals of Joseon Dynasty, King Taejong worried about his other sons because he knew Min brothers had an intention to get rid of them in order to protect the Crown prince. Actually, King Taejong even told his ministers “Do they want to kill all the princes except for the eldest one?” In August 1406, King Taejong (Bang-Won) declared that he would abdicate the throne to 12-year-old Crown Prince Yangnyeong. Of course, the ministers petitioned for the king to withdraw the decision. It was obvious that they would find themselves between two fires. If they support the abdication, they will be fingered as someone to watch by the current king. If they oppose it, they will be hated by the future king and Min clan. Not knowing that King Taejong was testing their loyalty, Min brothers asked the queen to accept the abdication, but Lady Min refused to do so because she was wary of the king’s real intention. In the end, the king withdrew it, but Min brothers were sent into exile only because they didn’t actively opposed to the abdication. The ostensible reason was “They tried to seize the power by establishing the little Crown prince as their puppet.” It was King Taejong’s political machination to get rid of Min clan from the beginning. The queen lost her temper and let off steam that her husband betrayed her, but she couldn’t do anything. One of the reasons why King Taejong decided to eliminate Min clan was thatthey tried to marry the Crown Prince off to a Ming princess. You may remember that Bang-Won gained support from Ming China to fight against Jung Do-Jeon. Min clan planned exactly the same thing, and King Taejong couldn’t forgive them for repeating the mistake of Goryeo dynasty. (Every Goryeo king had to marry a Mongolian princess in the past) No sooner had his reverend father-in-law Min Je died of old age than King Taejong ordered Min brothers in exile to commit suicide. The queen’s remaining two brothers, Min Moo-Hyul (민무휼 閔無恤) and Min Moo-Hwae (민무회 閔無悔), were also exiled in 1416 because the king found out they personally asked the Crown Prince to take care of Min clan. Not much later, some new facts were revealed that they had been involved with the queen’s cruelty to the king’s concubine Lady Kim / Consort Hyobin (효빈 김씨 孝嬪 金氏, ?~1454) and Prince Gyeongnyeong (경녕군 敬寧君). Before Bang-Won ascended to the throne, he fell for a beautiful servant girl in his private residence. (Many viewers suspected Boon-Yi would be her, but it turned out to be false in the end.) Lady Min asked his brothers to throw the girl and her new-born infant out in the frigid winter weather without a blanket. The mother and baby barely escaped death, and the truth had been buried for over 10 years.
King Taejong hit the ceiling when he knew about the truth and tried to depose the queen for that matter. However, he changed his mind after the former King Jeongjong (Bang-Gwa) held him back, saying “My wife and I live very happily even though she has no son. Your wife gave you so many children. Please, be patient thinking of them.” King Taejong gave up the deposition of the queen, but instead he ordered her brothers to kill themselves. Therefore, the grandiose political fight between husband and wife ended up in 1416 with Min clan’s collapse. The Crown prince was also deposed in 1418 due to some issues with women. Queen Wongyeong opposed to the deposition, but she had no power to stop the king. She hated her husband to the death. She died in 1420, and King Taejong followed her 2 years later.
Heonin-reung (헌인릉 獻仁陵) : The royal tombs of King Taejong and Queen Wongyeong. They were buried side by side, which was King Sejong’s earnest wish that his parents would get along amicably in the afterlife.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 49~50
The historical background to help understand Ep. 49~50
Yi Bang-Won (King Taejong) : Remove the books in this room.
Yi Do (Prince Chungnyeong) : Father, please let me continue reading.
Yi Bang-Won : I said you can’t do that.
Yi Do : I’ll not do any harm to the Crown Prince’s future. I have no other motives.
Yi Bang-Won : The Crown Prince took 6 years to study those books, but you finished studying them in two months. That in itself will do harm to the Crown Prince.
Yi Do : But Father, I can’t just go on with my life doing nothing.
Yi Bang-Won : What?
Yi Do : Since I am alive, I have to do something.
Yi Bang-Won : He is my third son, Yi Do.
Moo-Hyul : Your Highness.
Yi Bang-Won : He is a peculiar child.
Moo-Hyul : What do you mean?
Yi Bang-Won : He is not so much like me. He is more like the people I miss.
■ King Sejong the Great 세종대왕 世宗大王 (1397~1450)The greatest king in the history of Korea. King Taejong and Queen Wongyeong’s 3rd son. His birth name is Yi Do (이도 李裪), and his royal title isPrince Chungnyeong (충녕대군 忠寧大君), later known as King Sejong the Great (세종대왕 世宗大王, 1397~1450). He is the protagonist of SFD’s sequel drama, Tree with Deep Roots (2011, SBS). His eldest brother, Prince Yangnyeong (양녕대군 讓寧大君), was the Crown Prince in the beginning. Except for the Crown Prince, most princes was not able to participate in politics. Yi Do was too smart, which was perceived as a significant threat to the Crown Prince supported by Min Clan. It is historically true that King Taejong removed all the books from Yi Do’s room. However, the annals explain that the king did so because he worried about the prince’s health. He seemed to feel sorry for his third son who couldn’t participate in politics, and tried to turn his son’s attention the other way like music, drawing, collecting rocks, etc. Ironically, as a result, Yi Do became an expert in various academic endeavors like linguistics, law, music, philosophy, astronomy, engineering, national defense, agriculture etc.
The scholar king’s greatest achievement was creating the phonetic alphabet (Hangul) as a linguist. It was intended to eradicate illiteracy of the people in spite of ruling Sadaebu’s strong opposition. In SFD universe, the writers wanted to describe him as the incarnation of the six dragons’ dreams. He is an exact portrait of his father’s younger version (Yi Bang-Won). He is as sincere and prudent as his grandfather (Yi Seong-Gye) and as desperate and passionate as Boon-Yi. He has the same thoughts as Sambong, and understands and sympathizes with people like Bang-Ji (Kang Chae-Yoon in TWDR). It is symbolic that Moo-Hyul will be his protector in TWDR. The writers seem to say that the six dragons’ dreams will be completed with Yi Do in the future.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 49~50
The historical background to help understand Ep. 49~50
■ Jung Do-Jeon’s graveThe exact location of Sambong’s burial ground had been missing for over 600 years. In 1989, Hanyang university research staff started to search Umyeon mountain (우면산 牛眠山) in Seocho-gu, Seoul, based on some historical records. They found out a centuries-old grave with no memorial stone. The body bones of the tomb’s owner were missing but his skull and white porcelains still remained inside the grave. The tomb’s owner seemed to have his head cut off like Jung Do-Jeon, but the research staff couldn’t find any further evidence to confirm him as Jung Do-Jeon. In the end, Jung Do-Jeon’s descendents determined to keep the skull in their family shrine, saying that even if he is not Jung Do-Jeon he deserves to be respected as one of our country’s ancestors.
King Taejong : General Yi Jong-Moo.
Yi Jong-Moo : Yes, Your Majesty.
King Taejong : Where are the Japanese pirates based in this area?
Yi Jong-Moo : It is Tsushima island, Your Majesty.
King Taejong : Make a plan to burn down Tsushima.
Yi Jong-Moo : Yes, we will do that, Your Majesty.
Moo-Hyul : Is it because of Lady Boon-Yi? Is that why you want to conquer Tsushima?
King Taejong : Do you think there’s still romance left in me?
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 49~50
The historical background to help understand Ep. 49~50
■ Tsushima Expedition 대마도 정벌 對馬島征伐 (June, 1419)Also known as Gihae Dongjeong (기해동정 己亥東征, meaning ‘The Eastern expedition in the year of Gihae (1419)’). It was a 1419 invasion from Joseon against pirate bases on Tsushima Island (대마도 對馬島) of Japan.
Joseon navy led by General Yi Jong-Moo (이종무 李從茂, 1360~1425) eliminated Japanese pirates and their ships, which brought peace to Joseon for over 100 years. The Tsushima expedition was carried out after King Taejong abdicated the throne to his 3rd son King Sejong, but the actual military power was still in King Taejong’s hands at that time. Therefore, it was regarded as the last accomplishment of King Taejong before he died in 1422.
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Six Flying Dragons - Ep. 49~50
The historical background to help understand Ep. 49~50
■ Episode 49~50 Brief Timeline (Lunar Calendar)1399 - In March, King Jeongjong moved the capital back to Gaegyung.
- Auguts 8, the civil war between the Jianwen Emperor and his uncleZhu Di (Prince of Yan) broke out in Ming China. It lasted for about 4 years. (* Jingnan Rebellion 1399~1402)
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- January 28, The second strife of Princes.
- Yi Bang-Gan (King Taejo’s 4th son) rebelled against his younger brother Yi Bang-Won but his coup ended in failure.
- Yi Bang-Gan was exiled. Yi Bang-Won refused to execute his elder brother, so Bang-Gan had lived comfortably until he died of an illness in 1421.
- February 1, King Jeongjong accepted Ha Ryun’s petition and named Yi Bang-Won as his successor.
- In November, King Jeongjong abdicated and Yi Bang-Won finally ascended the throne. (King Taejong, the 3rd king of the Joseon Dynasty).
1401 - Jo Mal-Saeng passed the civil service exam, and became a government officer.
1402 - April 9, Yi Ji-Ran died.
- Jo Sa-Eu’s rebellion : King Taejo (Yi Seong-Gye) incited his queen’s relative Jo Sa-Eu to raise an army in Hamju to avenge King Taejong (Yi Bang-Won) but it ended in a huge defeat.
- Zhu Di defeated his nephew and ascended the throne. (* Yongle Emperor, the 3rd Emperor of Ming China)
1405 - In October, The capital city was moved back to Hanyang (Seoul) again.
- Jo Joon died.
1406 - Queen Wongyeong (Lady Min)’s two brothers (Min Moo-Gu and Min Moo-Jil) were exiled.
1408
- Yi Seong-Gye (King Taejo, the founder of Joseon dynasty) died of old age.
- Min Je (Yi Bang-Won’s father-in-law) died of an illness.
1410
- In March, Queen Wongyeong (Lady Min)’s two brothers (Min Moo-Guand Min Moo-Jil) were forced to commit suicide in their exile places.
1415
- In December, King Taejong tried to depose his lawful wife Queen Wongyeong, but withdrew his decision because of his elder brother King Jeongjong (Bang-Gwa)’s dissuasion.
1416
- King Taejong ordered Min Moo-Hwae and Min Moo-Hyul to commit suicide in their exile places.
- November 24, Ha Ryun died of old age.
1418
- In August, King Taejong (Yi Bang-Won) abdicated the throne to his 3rd son King Sejong the Great (Yi Do). But he continued to rule with an iron fist. <- Tree with Deep Roots (2011) begins here!
1419 - In June, the Tsushima expedition. General Yi Jong-Moo eliminated Japanese pirates on Tsushima island, which brought peace to Joseon for over 100 years.
- September 25, King Jeongjong (Yi Bang-Gwa) died.
1420
- July 10, Queen Wongyeong (King Taejong’s wife, Lady Min) died.
1421 - March 9, Yi Bang-Gan died of an illness.
1422
- May 10, King Taejong (Yi Bang-Won) died.
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Awesome Six Flying Dragons ended. They say the reason the ratings didn’t go over 20% was that it had too many(6) leads, and by trying to portray common people and mixing martial arts heroes into political intrigue made the plot unfocused and slow. Also they said it was disappointing that Jung Do-jeon who was charismatic, was in the center of the show in early episodes and Boon-yi who represented common people lost their energy in the later episodes.
Some from Interview with Sin Kyung-soo PD:
Q: How were the actor/actresses?
A: “They all had their own strong characteristics. I feel casting was done perfectly. Kim Myung-min led the show’s structure as a whole, Yoo Ah-in showed the depth and various acting skills, which was extra-ordinary for his age. If mistakenly portrayed, it could be shown as ‘beautify’ or ‘too young’ but he made convincing LBW. Si-kyung worked with me for the third time and she showed depth and elegant, and precise acting as expected. Byun Yo-han worked first time with me, and he was excellent in interpertating the script and bring out his own, and passion acting without caring about own safety. Yoon kyun-sang has optimistic personality matching his MH character. He became the dragon in ep 49, but he never looked bothered and gave staff positive energy during that long enduring period. So I am thankful. Chon Ho-jin portrayed solemn LSG with Charisma. There was energy I have not seen before.”
Q: Have you talked with Yoo Ah-in about other works and how Lee Bang-won was portrayed before?
A: I haven’t talked with Yoo Ah-in much. In the beginning I talked about important scenes to him once. In my view, Yoo Ah-in was LBW, because he interpreted the character brilliantly. He was almost 100% matched with LBW I imagined.
Q: Because LBW was convincing and approved by viewers, Jung Do-jeon and Jung Mong-joo felt like evil being on opposite side.
A: History has passed with having LBW centered and drama also portrayed that way. There have been a few dramas about LBW and they were all popular portraying LBW fitting that (airing) time period. LBW was either hero or villain before. So I suggested writers to avoid these two point of views. I think it is such fortunate that Yoo Ah-in acted believably so well. But then again I was worried about JDJ and JMJ characters who were opposite side of the fence.
Q: What was the most memorable scene for you?
A: Jo Young-gyu’s death scene. We were shooting in the warehouse we built in the set, and I asked the actor (Min Sung-wook) to crawl bleeding terribly. That time I noticed the door was open, so I thought about a scene to go crawling and close the door. I talked to Min about it and he took it well.
Q: You have good reputation that you take actors’ opinions into shooting.
A: “It was possible because writers had open-minded. Writers said they will give directors some rights- allow making some changes, and just remember to make a good show. So I did lots of shooting preparations, but actors also came really well prepared. I think one method of good directing is to help actors to play comfortably. So I tend to listen to their opinions.”
Q: In the beginning, Gil Tae-mi made big news. Did you expect that?
A: “Writer-nim predicted. They said at casting time that if Gil Tae-mi doesn’t become famous, drama will fail, so I was really stressed out about it. I have known Park Hyuk-gwon (who played GTM) because we did many works together. We know about each other too well so burden was 100 times more because we had to show the new, fun and creative character. I didn’t have doubt he would do well, but still after we did the first shooting, we sighed. However it settled in one week. Actor also said he had hard time in the beginning. There was time they did re-shoot in the site, and Cho Jong-won (Lee In-gym character) gave a lot of help. Makeup team gave a hand too.”
Q: Mu-hyul (played by Yoon Kyun-sang)’s ending in episode 49 was amazing.
A: “Credit has to be given to martial arts director. Shooting that scene was the last shooting for the day, but editing that day was not finished so I had to come back to Seoul around 2 PM. I told directors and Kyun-sang ssi do it themselves.”
Q: One particular thing in SFD was that there were lots of stage actors.
A: “Acting in SaGeuk is not easy so I wanted to cast people with proven acting talents. Also I think casting should be always fresh and new. I wanted to cast new people rather than people you watch on TV all the time. Besides 6 dragons who are well known, the people who supported them were the people with experience in doing theatre plays. I tend to watch lots of plays to cure the wound I get doing dramas. I go to watch actors, but I get good ideas too.”
Q: If there is any actor you particularly appreciate personally?
A: “There were 330 people in the show, and I casted about 200 personally. So it is hard to pick just one. Since even the person who shows only in one scene has to act well, casting was very difficult. I even dug out the plays that I watched when I was in college and had headache doing it. So after middle point, I asked help from close actors and get their recommendations and call them myself. I asked them politely if they can do it when they had only one episode to play, and most of time they easily agreed without hesitation. It bothers me that many times casting director decides actors and meet them in shooting site for the first time. So I tell staffs “They have to do well. Show them where the makeup room is.” When I do that, staffs’ attitude meeting actors when they arrive changes. Actors also feel “Oh this show staffs show concerns for me” and can do acting and can do acting feeling comfortable.”
Q: In the beginning of the show, Jung Seong-gil who was faking a Japanese pirate received high praise for his good acting.
A: After that episode, writer-nim trusted me 100% on my casting. I have buy a meal in DaeHakRo (where most of small playhouses are) when the show completes.
Q: One of the best things in SFD was action (Martial arts) scene. What was the secret?
A: “I think first one is trust. Gang Hyung-mook action director is in action school and I only met him when we did ‘Three days’. In the beginning we had many meetings and preparations, but after the first shooting I thought I could trust him. Second one is the fact that action director and shooting director worked well together and did their best within given time. Third one is actors- Byon Yo-han, Yoon Gyun-sang, and Han Ye-ri did preparation at their hardest and acted without care for what happens to them. The quality of their action got better and at the end they had body movements and speed just like professional action actors.”
Q: Acting was great, product was great, but ratings didn’t follow that- are you disappointed?
A: “Of course I am disappointed. I think this was new type of drama. Following 6 leads was not easy. Writer-nim, actors and even viewers could feel conflicted as to which character they have to follow. I think SFD is 2 track drama. There is a character’s transformation as time passes(how history shaped) in Sageuk, and there is time imaginary figures had to move forward. Writer-nim combined these figures very exquisitely, but viewers who were used to watch typical Sageuk might have felt uncomfortable about these imaginary people’s stories. At the same time the people who are used to fantasy Sageuk might’ve thought why we were doing the show about a figure we all know too well.”
“Since it is a long drama there was time I felt bothered and dispirited, but as PD I had to keep leading the team not showing personal feelings. It was hard. The biggest disappointment was when we didn’t get ratings we expected. But writer-nim kept going and crews and actors followed them, so we could complete 50 episodes.”
Q: DoWhaJun fight is the one I remember the most. I heard it was long shooting and weather was really cold.
A: We filmed for about 3.5 days. Byon Yoo-han, Yoon Kyun-sang and Min Sung-wook/Young-gyu had muscle aches because of their many actions. Also Yeon-hee(Jung Yoo-mi) and Bang-ji (BYH) had important episodes settling their younger days of earlier episodes so it was not easy shooting emotionally.”
Q: Which scene you felt the most proud of?
A: “When we did the ending of episode 2 (Jung do-jeon at the gate). Ever since I received the 4 books of scripts, I wanted to shoot the JangPyungMoon(gate) scene well. I wondered if I could ever shoot that kind of scene again so I did to my heart’s content. That scene had the largest scale in this drama.”
Q:How about BW and Boon-yi’s romance? The scene they had snowball fight was memorable.
A: “There was no snow in weather forecast for a week. So we had to go to a ski resort. Still only MooJoo in JunBook province had snow and like miracle snow accumulated. So we went to MooJoo and filmed, and felt like it was magic and we received some present. Everybody had fun shooting. Ah-in and Se-kyung ssi were also happy like a child.”
Q f there is any message to relay to the viewers?
A:”Very thankful. I am thankful that there are many people loved the show. Six dragons parted ways after they fought each other, but they met with dreams and ideas to make a brand new world in the beginning. I hope people remember that mind. That way maybe we can view this world we live in more optimistically and healthily I think. ”
Wow last remark reminds me of Heads’ ending recap comments “the dream Dragons dreamed for us won’t soon be forgotten.”
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30 years hence:
@idakamaruddin @ismaha @cantleyi @cess @nohas @WeAiNe @santubung
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drama ni dh masuk tuk thn 2015..
boleh lg ke nk calonkan utk thn 2016..
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kesiannya JDJ..kubur tak tau kt mana..
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pd hal dia org yg bekerja keras nk buka Joseon....
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yg masuk tu pencalonan kategori popular......yg review ni untuk kategori terbaik.....
tp baru igt jugk drama ni 50 epi....tak masuk list la
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tu sbb kak ayu tk buat review sbb tk masuk list kan..
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boley review untuk kepuasan masing2....
dan untuk kutip tacang jugk.....
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akan cuba diusahakan...
sebenarnya mmg masih belum move on le Is...
hari2 kak ayu tgk kat IG psl dorang ni...
psl shooting..adess 
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Post time 28-3-2016 09:49 AM
