Joseon

Origins and formation

Joseon, officially the Great Joseon State, was a Korean dynasty that the history page says lasted 505 years. Taejo founded it in 1392 after overthrowing Goryeo, in today’s Kaesong. In 1393 the country was retitled and the capital moved to today’s Seoul. The northern borders were later pushed to the Amnok and Tuman rivers by subduing the Jurchens. The guide says the dynasty was founded in 1392 and was both stable and relatively closed, with a refined Confucianism, solid defenses, and a delicate balance at court. Neo-Confucianism became the state ideology. Buddhism was discouraged, and Buddhists were sometimes persecuted. The guide’s “orderly society” and the page’s persecution are not the same tone. Both are in the file.^{[1] [3] [4]}

The published Goryeo essay is the state that this one replaced. 1392 is the hinge. It is not Goryeo’s founding in 918.^[1]

Defining periods

The kingdom was severely weakened by failed Japanese invasions in 1592 and 1598. The published Yi Sun-sin essay is the admiral of that war. He was born on 28 April 1545 and died at Noryang on 16 December 1598. The published Hideyoshi essay is the Japanese unifier on the other side of those years. The turtle ship on this civilization’s page is a heavy naval unit that is weaker at range than other heavy ships and stronger when it is on a coast. It is a unit. It is not, by itself, Myeongnyang.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The history page says Joseon was replaced by the Korean Empire in 1897. The guide says the dynasty lasted until the eve of the twentieth century and fell in 1910, under pressure from the rising Meiji empire and the United States. Five hundred and five years from 1392 lands on 1897, which matches the history page’s empire. 1910 is the guide’s date, and it is not the same event as 1897. This essay does not merge them. The published Meiji essay is that later Japanese state, not this court. The guide’s “Meiji empire” is its phrase. The Meiji essay’s own dates are a restoration in 1868 and a later navy and air arm. 1910 is not those dates.^{[1] [3]}

Legacy and interpretation

The legacy on the history page is a Confucian state, a weakened kingdom after the Japanese invasions, and a rename into an empire in 1897. The guide’s legacy is five centuries of peace, selective borrowing from outside, and a fall in 1910. “Peace” is hard to keep beside 1592. The guide can still call the dynasty relatively closed and the invasions can still have happened. The apex is Modern. The Chinese page writes it with its word for the modern age. The catalog follows that apex. It does not make 1392 and 1910 one reign.^{[1] [3] [4]}

Five hundred and five years is the history page’s own count, and it fits 1392 to 1897. The guide’s five centuries of peace is a round phrase beside a specific invasion in 1592 and another date in 1598. Peace here cannot mean the absence of the Imjin War. It can mean the guide’s picture of a closed court that still lasted. The capital’s move in 1393 is one year after the founding, from Kaesong to Seoul. Hwaseong is not that move. The northern rivers are a later border, not the palace of 1392. Confucianism as state ideology, and the discouragement of Buddhism, are the history page’s domestic policy. The guide’s delicate balance at court does not name the factions. Specialist limits are a rule about cities. They do not name a faction either. The published admiral essay carries the battles. This civilization essay carries the dynasty that those battles weakened and that the history page says was renamed in 1897.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Hwaseong is the wonder. It adds culture and policy slots, counts as a fortification that must be conquered, and must sit on flat ground beside a minimum of rough tiles. These pages do not date the fortress. A tile rule is not Seoul in 1393.^[3]

A closer look

The ability is Munchi. It raises the specialist limit in the capital, lowers it in other cities, starts each age with a city limit, and lets the player buy tier-one science and culture buildings in towns. In the modern age the other cities gain specialists only if they have a seowon. The guide’s own tip says Joseon has a statistic called City Limit. That statistic is a rule. It is not the move of the capital in 1393, and it is not the hermit image. The traditions are Gwageo, Hermit Kingdom, Silhak, Yangban Bureaucracy, and Yangbeobmiui. The Chinese page names them in its own words. A civil-service tradition that trades happiness for culture is not the persecution of Buddhists. The quarter is a seowon, with a Confucian academy and a print shop that can be bought in towns but not built in the capital. The commander is the jangyongyoung, whose land units in the capital fight harder inside his radius. Yields stay on the guide.^{[1] [3] [4]}

In Civilization VII

The English guide names Munchi, the traditions above, the seowon, the jangyongyoung, the turtle ship, and Hwaseong. The simplified Chinese guide titles the civilization with its Chinese name. The apex is Modern, which is the codex age. The page states the Brush and Blade Collection. Owning it means the content is already owned. The base-game requirement on this set’s English notes is not a base-game tag.^{[3] [4]}

The first step back from the city limit is to keep 1392, the capital’s move in 1393, the invasions of 1592 and 1598, the Korean Empire of 1897, and the guide’s 1910 in that order. The published Goryeo essay is the predecessor. The published Yi Sun-sin essay is the admiral. The published Meiji essay is the other pressure the guide names, not this dynasty’s founding.^{[1] [2] [3]}