Cheonmin

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Joseon class system
Class	Hangul	Hanja	Status
Yangban	양반	兩班	noble class
Jungin	중인	中人	intermediate class
Sangmin	상민	常民	common people
Cheonmin	천민	賤民	lowborn people ( nobi , baekjeong , mudang , gisaeng , etc.)
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↑ "Daejanggeum (Jewel in the Palace)". Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2012. ...only woman to serve as head physician to the King in the rigidly hierarchical and male-dominated social structure of the Joseon Dynasty.
↑ "Daejanggeum spurs continuing interest in royal court cuisine". HanCinema . 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2012. Janggeum was a real person, mentioned in Joseon Dynasty annals who lived in Korea some 500 years ago.
↑ Shin, Myung-Ho (2008). "Annals of Joseon History Brought To Life by the Digital Era" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2012. When the producer Lee Byung Hoon was working on the historical drama "Heo Jun," he came across a noteworthy passage while searching the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty for information about Heo Jun (1539-1615), a Joseon court physician who attended the royal family. It was a statement by King Jungjong (r. 1506-1544) who declared: "No one knows my illnesses as well as Jang Geum."

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[1] "Daejanggeum (Jewel in the Palace)". Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2012. ...only woman to serve as head physician to the King in the rigidly hierarchical and male-dominated social structure of the Joseon Dynasty.

[2] "Daejanggeum spurs continuing interest in royal court cuisine". HanCinema . 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2012. Janggeum was a real person, mentioned in Joseon Dynasty annals who lived in Korea some 500 years ago.

[3] Shin, Myung-Ho (2008). "Annals of Joseon History Brought To Life by the Digital Era" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2012. When the producer Lee Byung Hoon was working on the historical drama "Heo Jun," he came across a noteworthy passage while searching the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty for information about Heo Jun (1539-1615), a Joseon court physician who attended the royal family. It was a statement by King Jungjong (r. 1506-1544) who declared: "No one knows my illnesses as well as Jang Geum."

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