Regency of the Heungseon Daewongun
흥선대원군 집정
Event · regency · 1864 – November 1873 · Seoul, South Korea
In 1864 the Daewongun, father of the twelve-year-old King Gojong, came to power as Prince Regent and carried out reforms to reassert the strength of the monarchy; he resisted the Western demands for trade1. He withdrew in November 1873 after a memorial by Choe Ik-hyeon against the royal relatives’ part in the government2. His rule saw the rebuilding of the Gyeongbokgung. Jane Portal 2000, pp. 108–109. ↩ Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 이하응, 「1873년 11월, 종친의 국정 간여를 배제하고 … 최익현의 상소를 계기로 대원군은 정계에서 물러나」. ↩ Literatur Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 이하응: Anon., 이하응, in: 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture), 한국학중앙연구원 (Academy of Korean Studies), https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0046384 (zuletzt abgerufen am 31.10.2026). Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.