Now, we are using Hangul as our own character. Most people take it for granted and use, we should look back on that time we didn’t have it and rethink how important it was to have our own character. Who invented Hangul? He is one of the most well-known king in Korea history ( from May 6, 1397 to May 18, 1450),named “Sejong” the Great. He was the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was also one of only two Korean rulers honored with the appellation ”the Great“.
Why is he so respectable? You might know we’d used chinese before created Hangul, we had to express our thought in chinese’s way, not korean’s way at that time. “Sejong” realized desperate need and took a lot of time and finally, he created native Korean alphabet despite strong opposition by other scholars. He was such a brave and smart king who could stick to what he believed in.
Also, he thought not only scholars, but also the common people need to be communicated one another with a new language. Because most poor classes people didn’t have a chance to learn chinese, so they couldn’t even communicate well. “Sejong” realized how much they needed independent language which they could learn easily . He was such a heartwarming guy who could consider the majority of people, not only minority.
“Sejong” made a lot of effort into research for a long period of time. As a result, Hangul is considered to be one of the most efficient alphabets in the world. It’s very unique, technologic and still being used for now. He definitely made a great achivement, and now his feature has been printed in paper money in order to be remembered by current people.
He is the most important Korean figure and also influential person for me. He spent his whole life developing korea society. I always give deep gratitude for what he’d accomplished for our nation. He is my hero. I also want to become influential person like him who can be recognized by next gererations.
