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Literati Purge under Yeonsan-gun (1504)

Type Event Region East Asia Time 1504

In 1504 Yeonsan-gun launched a large-scale literati purge over the Veritable Records' account of his father's mother, executing or exiling many histo…

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  1. 1504Chunchugwan (History Office), Hanseong · Korean PeninsulaYeonsan-gun denounced the Seongjong Sillok for recording that his birth mother Lady Yin had been deposed, charging the compiling historiographers and related literati officials with 'great irreverence,' using an ethical issue as a pretext for political purge.
  2. 1504Hanseong and various places of exile · Korean PeninsulaNumerous historiographers and literati officials were executed or exiled to frontier regions, with disciples and relatives implicated as well. The literati suffered a heavy blow, and the meritorious-old-guard faction subsequently took full control of court politics.

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