Promulgation of the Hunminjeongeum
훈민정음 반포
Event · proclamation · 1446 · Seoul, South Korea
King Sejong is best remembered for his part in the invention of the Korean script, now called hangul, first named “the proper sounds to instruct the people” (hunmin jeongeum)1. The book of that name, with the king’s preface, the rules and the explanations by Jeong In-ji, Sin Suk-ju and others, was completed in the first ten days of the 9th month of 1446 — the date of promulgation it records2. Jane Portal 2000, p. 111. ↩ Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 훈민정음, 「1446년 9월 상한(上澣：초하루에서 초열흘까지의 기간)에 완성되었다 … ‘정통 11년(1446) 9월 상한’이라는 반포일이 기록되어 있다」. ↩ Literatur Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 훈민정음: Anon., 훈민정음, in: 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture), 한국학중앙연구원 (Academy of Korean Studies), https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0065805 (zuletzt abgerufen am 31.10.2026). Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.