Hui bin jang biography for kids

Queen Jang Hui-bin’s reputation has often been negative. According to historian Hwang, her story has some similarities to Anne Boleyn. Throughout history, she has been labelled as a “stubborn, licentious, decadent, femme fatale.” She is said to have seduced King Sukjong and made him divorce his queen, Inhyeon, and make her queen in her place. She was even accused of having cast a curse on Queen Inhyeon that would result in her death. Thus, Queen Jang Hui-bin is often portrayed as one of Korea’s most malignant queens.

Lady Jang was the daughter of a middle-class family. Her father was an interpreter who grew rich through trading while he accompanied embassies in China. No one really knows when or how she entered the palace to become a court lady. However, it is assumed that her family had connections with the Southern faction of the Joseon court. During the early years of King Sukjong’s reign, the Southerners dominated the court.

While Lady Jang was serving the royal family, King Sukjong had no heir. His wife, Queen Inhyeon had yet to produce a son. Lady Jang caught the eye of King Sukjong, and he fell in love with her. She became a concubine under King Sukjong. However, not many courtiers were happy about King Sukjong’s fondness for Lady Jang. They saw her as a danger to the harmony of the royal family, and she was expelled from the palace. However, Queen Inhyeon, who had been praised for her “selflessness, grace, and virtue”, begged for Lady Jang’s return. In 1668, Lady Jang gave birth to a son named Prince Gyun, the future King Gyeongjong.

By the time Lady Jang gave birth to a son, Queen Inhyeon still produced no heir. This was the beginning of the political factions within the court. King Sukjong’s affection for Lady Jang grew. The proud father made Prince Gyun his legitimate son in 1689. He also gave Jang the tile of bin, which means “Royal Consort”. This made her the second highest-ran

Joseon royal consort (1659–1701)

In this Korean name, the family name is Jang, and Hui-bin is a title, not a personal name.

Royal Noble Consort Hui of the Indong Jang clan (Korean: 희빈 장씨; Hanja: 禧嬪 張氏; 3 November 1659 – 10 October 1701), personal name Jang Ok-jeong (장옥정; 張玉貞), was a consort of Sukjong of Joseon and the mother of King Gyeongjong. She was queen of Joseon from 1690 until her deposition in 1694.

Biography

Early life

Jang Ok-jeong was the daughter of Jang Hyeong and his second wife, Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Part of the Namin faction, she came from a long line of interpreters and belonged to the Jungin class.

Ok-jeong is widely thought to have been one of the most beautiful women in Joseon, and her charm was mentioned in the Annals.

She became a lady-in-waiting to the King's step-great-grandmother, Grand Queen Dowager Jaui, at the recommendation of Prince Dongpyeong, who was Sukjong's first cousin-once-removed and Jaui's step-grandson.

Life as royal consort

While visiting Queen Jaui, the King became infatuated with Ok-jeong's beauty and gave her the rank of Seungeun Sanggung (or Favored Sanggung; 승은 상궁), but his mother, Queen Dowager Hyeonyeol, who belonged to the Seoin faction, feared that Jang Ok-jeong would influence him to favor the Namin, so she expelled her from the palace.

In 1683, Hyeonyeol died and Queen Min, Sukjong's wife at that time (posthumously known as Queen Inhyeon), allowed Lady Jang to return to court.

In 1686, Ok-jeong became a concubine with the rank of Sug-won (숙원; 淑媛). In 1688, she was elevated to So-ui (소의; 昭儀), after giving birth to the King's first son, Yi Yun.

In the court, the Seoin faction split into Noron (Old Learning), led by Song Si-yeol, and Soron (New Learning), led by Yun Jeung. The Noron was supported by Queen Inhyeon.

The Namin faction pushed for the King to acknowledge Yi Yun as heir apparent, but

Jang Ok-Jeong is not just a character in dramas. She is a person who was hungry for power. I think her story is truly stunning and it could also be a lesson.

Here are some quick important facts about Jang Ok-Jeong:

:black_circle: Also known as Hui-bin Jang, the Royal Noble Consort Hui of the Indong Jang clan.

:white_circle: She is known to be one of the best concubines of the Joseon. One of her famous traits is her extrordinary beauty and greed for power and the title of the Queen's Consort.

:black_circle: She became a lady in waiting and due to a series of events she was expelled from the palace.

:white_circle: Sukjong (the King) lawful wife allowed her back in the palace and by time she became Sukjong concubine.

:black_circle: She had a child, he could never be a crown prince since she was a concubine. Sukjong asked his wife to adopt him so he would be able to earn the title of a crown prince. This was opposed by the government, which lead to a lot of drama.

:white_circle: Ok-Jeong started to lose favour with the King. In the mean time he had set his eyes on Lady Choe. Later she was demoted from the title of Queen Consort.

:black_circle: Not sure if its just a legend, she was found near the queen who died from unknown causes with a shaman. In other words she killed her with black magic. Sukjong caught her in the act and sentenced Ok-Jeong to death.

:white_circle: Her family, relatives and political faction were also killed. On total 1700 people were killed.

:black_circle: Sukjong then passed a rile to ban future concubines from being allowed to become Queen's Consort.

:white_circle: At the age of 42, Ok-Jeong died by poison.

I found these facts on Wikipedia and altered them to be simple, short and informative as much as possible. I also altered them in my own words so don't worry I didn't just copy and paste, this actually took me a lot of time.

If you read all this thank you for reading till the end :k

19th king of Joseon from 1674 to 1720

Sukjong (Korean: 숙종; Hanja: 肅宗; 7 October 1661 – 12 July 1720), personal name Yi Sun (이순; 李焞), was the 19th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. A skilled legislator, he caused multiple changes in political power throughout his reign, by switching among the Namin (Southerners), Seoin (Westerners), Soron and Noron political factions.

Biography

King Sukjong was born on October 7, 1661, to King Hyeonjong and Queen Myeongseong at Gyeonghuigung. His given name was Yi Sun. He became the Crown Prince Myeongbo in 1667 at age 6, and in 1674, at age 13, he became the 19th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty.

King Sukjong was a brilliant politician, but his reign was marked by some of the most intense factional fights in the Joseon dynasty. Sukjong frequently replaced faction in power with another one to strengthen th