Yi Seonggye orders burning of Goryeo royal records
1392
The founder of Joseon had the archives of the deposed Goryeo dynasty purged of compromising documents linking him to earlier service under the old regime. Court historians rewrote the narrative to present Yi as a reluctant savior thrust forward by heavenly mandate. The historiographical cleanup reflected an early Joseon commitment to moral self-presentation as Confucian restorers of proper governance.
In context
Also in 1392 (3 other events on record)
- Yi Seonggye founds the Joseon dynasty · East Asia · Politics
- Charles VI of France goes mad in the forest of Le Mans · Europe · Politics
- Northern and Southern Courts reunited in Japan · East Asia · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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