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Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard

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Re: Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard

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Post by creakingstairs »

This is the definition of a nerd snipe for me.

I’ve been binging a Korean YouTuber called Hyangachi(향아치)who goes into Joseon dynasty history in a very approachable way for younger generation and I’ve been researching observability dashboard for my side projects. I didn’t even think about combining the two.

Joseon dynasty was obsessed with preserving history. Not even the king could interfere with it. In fact, a king fell from his horse during a hunt, then told them to not write it down. But we know this happened because they wrote down the order :D

The historians also have known about the importance of resiliency and made back up copies too!

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Post by WastedCucumber »

creakingstairs wrote: post #3

This is the definition of a nerd snipe for me. I’ve been binging a Korean YouTuber called Hyangachi(향아치)who goes into Joseon dynasty history in a very approachable way for younger generation and I’ve been researching observability dashboard for my side projects. I didn’t even think about combining the two. Joseon dynasty was obsessed with preserving history. Not even the king could interfere with it. In fact, a king…

Thanks for that hilarious history tidbit. The actual record makes it even better. From the wiki page for Taejong of Joseon:

The king himself rode a horse and shot arrows at a deer. However, the horse stumbled, causing him to fall off, but he was not injured. Looking around, he said, "Do not let the historians know about this."

Re: Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard

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Post by joonehur »

The data comes from the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty. https://sillok.history.go.kr/intro/english.do I'm browsing it. Wow, there's so much detail, like:

己酉二月, 世宗講武于平康, 世祖射鹿, 七發皆貫其項。

기유년 2월에 세종이 평강(平康)에서 강무(講武)를 하였는데, 세조가 사슴을 쏜 7발(發)이 모두 그 목을 관통하였다.

"In the second lunar month of the giyu year, King Sejong held a military drill (gangmu) at Pyeonggang. Sejo shot seven arrows at a deer, and all of them pierced its neck." https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kga_000002

Many K-drama and movies are inspired by these records.

Re: Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard

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Post by nico »

WastedCucumber wrote: post #5
creakingstairs wrote: post #3

This is the definition of a nerd snipe for me. I’ve been binging a Korean YouTuber called Hyangachi(향아치)who goes into Joseon dynasty history in a very approachable way for younger generation and I’ve been researching observability dashboard for my side projects. I didn’t even think about combining the two. Joseon dynasty was obsessed with preserving history. Not even the king could interfere with it. In fact, a king…

Thanks for that hilarious history tidbit. The actual record makes it even better. From the wiki page for Taejong of Joseon: The king himself rode a horse and shot arrows at a deer. However, the horse stumbled, causing him to fall off, but he was not injured. Looking around, he said, "Do not let the historians know about this."

I just made the connection to why they had a scene like that in a Korean show on Netflix, cool

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Post by hbarka »

nico wrote: post #7
WastedCucumber wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for that hilarious history tidbit. The actual record makes it even better. From the wiki page for Taejong of Joseon: The king himself rode a horse and shot arrows at a deer. However, the horse stumbled, causing him to fall off, but he was not injured. Looking around, he said, "Do not let the historians know about this."

I just made the connection to why they had a scene like that in a Korean show on Netflix, cool

I think it's this one: Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung. It's on Netflix, the Korean series about a Joseon-era scribe for the royal house.

Re: Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard

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Post by EA-3167 »

zuzululu wrote: post #8

This is fascinating. Perhaps what trips me up is the mention of UFOs in the Joseon Archives. https://youngit.blogspot.com/2012/08/ufo-recorded-in-annals-...

Interestingly it sounds like an incoming bolide, not unlike what happened in MA today.
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