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The yangban (Korean: 양반; Hanja: 兩班) were part of the traditional ruling class or gentry of dynastic Korea during the Joseon period. The yangban were mainly composed of highly educated civil officials and military officers—landed or unlanded aristocrats who individually exemplified the Korean Confucian form of a " scholarly official ".
Korean society was hierarchical during most of the Joseon era and the conscious, government-backed spreading of Neo-Confucianism reinforced this idea. Even though the philosophy originates in China, Korea also adopted and integrated it into daily life, transforming it to fit the nation's needs and developed it in a way that became specific to Korea.
Noble status during the Joseon Dynasty was decided by education level; generally, passing court exams led to an easier path into upper class status. The upper class, referred to as yangban, was split into two groups: munban or mungwa, who were civilian officers and military officials.
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Yangdong Folk Village (Korean: 경주양동민속마을), or Yangdong Village of Gyeongju, is a traditional yangban (upper class) village from the Joseon dynasty. [1] The village is located in Gangdong-myeon, sixteen kilometers northeast of Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, along the Hyeongsan River. Mt.
On the other hand, economically struggling land-owning farmers and even members of the yangban class were often forced to recede to tenant farming. [1] [2] Additionally, starting from the 18th century, the number of slaves had substantially decreased as more members of the cheonmin caste became practically free from their former status. [3]
Hong Gyeong-rae's Rebellion was a peasant revolt that occurred between 31 January 1812 and 29 May 1812 in Joseon.It was led by Hong Gyeong-rae and the upperclass yangban of Pyeongan Province, who were unhappy with a tax regime based on government-administered high-interest loans.
He was born to a yangban family of the Jinju Ha lineage. He passed the lower national service examination in 1435 and received the top score on the higher examination in 1438. He was appointed to the Hall of Worthies by Sejong, and became the leader (gyori) of that institution in 1442. He participated in the editing of histories and other texts.