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This section is for QSD historical references,discussions, documents, articles etc related to the drama. "Historical Quotes" Well behaved women rarely make history. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich History...is indeed little more than the register of crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. EDWARD GIBBON,The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire History is written by the winners. ALEX HALEY, as quoted in And I Quote The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator What experience and history teach is this...that people and governments never have learned anything from history or acted on the principles deduced from... More
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Regency of the Queen Mother Honae in Koryo Dynasty Soon-Hyung Kwon, Ewha Woman's University, Korea This study examines the regency of the Queen Mother Honae (964-1029) and political character in the period of King Mokjong (r. 997-1009). The Empress Dowager Honae was the wife of King Kongjong (r. 975-981). When her son Mokjong came to the throne, she ruled as regent. She established many government offices for showing the royal family's dignity and improved various institutions, such as protection privilege (um), enfeoffment (pongjak), and the land system (chonsi-kwa). She also pursued independent and practical diplomacy, and consolidated national defense by building castles and... More
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ITS ALL ABOUT POWER... IN THE MEDEIVAL AGE EVERYONE WAS VYING FOR POWER... NOTHING HAS CHANGED YET... IF THIS DRAMA HAD BEEN MADE WITH KHITANS EMPRESS AS A HEROINE.. THEN EMPRESS CHEON CHU HAD BEEN A VILLAN... IS'NT IT... WAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ABOUT THIS... More
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*I will add to this as time permits. Feel free to point out mistakes and suggest information to be added. Thanks. Queen Consort Hun Ae (헌애왕후; 獻哀王后) [964-1029] 獻 (Hun for giving, offering) 哀 (Ae for to grieve, to feel sorry for) Also known as: Empress Chun Chu (천추태후; 千秋太后) 千 (Chun for thousand) 秋 (Chu for fall, time, years) She was a granddaughter of the first monarch of Goryeo, Emperor Taejo. She became the third wife of Goryeo's 5th monarch Gyeongjong, who was also her cousin. Her younger sister also married Gyeongjong and became Queen Consort Hun Jung. When Gyeongjong passed away in 981, their son Wang Song (王訟) was only a year old. As a son-in-law of the 4th monarch Gwangjong, her... More
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Kim Ji Hoon to appear in The Iron Empress on August 8th (episode 63). http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/08/kim-ji-hoon-makes-his-sageuk-debut/ More
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For all you future translators of The Iron Empress: 거란 is the ancient tribe of Khitan or Kitan, just as later 여진 is the Jurchen. 발해 is known more commonly as Pohai in the west now. But 발해, I've gone back to translate Palhae (McCune- Reischauer system), the Korean reading, rather than the Chinese, because of the whole national boundary issues concerning ancient lands in now Korean/Chinese peninsula. Rather complicated, but fascinating! Also, fyi 고려 is romanized as Koryo not Goryeo. I might start using Corea, though, and that has to do with the Japanese Colonial period issue. The title for many of the consorts used in this drama is 궁주, and not 공주. Yes, 공주 is a princess, but a 궁주 is the... More