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yangban(Korean; “two groups”) Highest social class of the Korean Choson dynasty (1392–1910). It consisted of both munban (civilian officials) and muban (military officials). Though the term originated in the Koryo dynasty (935–1392), it was only later applied to the highest of four social classes. The yangban were granted land and stipends and were the only social class permitted to take the civil service examinations. The yangban system was discarded in 1894. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Haesu is a Korean woman of yangban status who is forced to abandon her homeland in the wake of the Japanese take-over and emigrates to America against her will. First, she is forced out of the confines of her Yangban class through her family's arranged marriage for her to Chun, a man from the Sangnom class--a class which usually works for the Yangban. This is because 80 percent of classical Korean literature had been written in hanmun (Chinese characters), the preferred system of writing by the yangban (aristocrats) and scholar-bureaucrats before and even after the invention of the hangul until the nineteenth century. |
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