* Lady Min Queen Wongyeong (Lady Min) is one of the most politically influential queens in the Korean history.
In the first strife of princes in 1398, she secretly prepared all the weapons and soldiers for her husband. In the second strife of princes in 1400, she was courageous enough to almost run to the battlefield after hearing the rumor of her husband’s death. Yi Bang-Won (King Taejong) respected her as his political partner, but also was afraid of her clan. She was a Joseon version of Lady Macbeth (or Hillary Clinton?) - King Taejong’s wife, Queen Wongyeong (King Sejong’s mother)
- King Sukjong’s wife, Queen Inhyeon (Jang Ok-jung’s rival)
- King Gojong’s wife, Empress Myeongseong (the last queen of Joseon)
All of them came from the same Min clan. 
* Haedong Gapjok (해동갑족, 海東甲族)
I explained about Haedong Gapjok in the previous post. Check it out.
http://bodashiri.tumblr.com/post/132598891081/six-flying-dragons-ep-10 Among the top 10 Haedong Gapjok (noble clans) in Goryeo, only Hwangryeo Min clan (황려 민씨, 黃驪閔氏) and Pyeongan Jo clan (평안 조씨, 平安趙氏) are mentioned on the official SBS homepage. The rest 8 clans are unidentified. ’Hwangryeo (황려, 黃驪)’ or ’Pyeongan (평안, 平安)’ refers to the place where the noble family originated. It is usually called Bon-gwan (본관, 本貫), the hometown of your ancestors. For example, Yi Bang-Won belongs to Jeonju Yi clan (전주 이씨, 全州李氏) because his old ancestors originated from Jeonju (전주, 全州), the Southwestern city of Korean peninsula, although his family’s current territory is located in Hamju (함주, 咸州), the Northeastern region. Therefore, in Ep. 14, Yi Bang-Won introduced himself to Lady Min “I’m the fifth son of Yi Seong-Gye, from Jeonju Yi clan.” Likewise, Lady Min introduced herself “the daughter of Min Je from Hwangryeo Min clan”. Lady Min’s father is Eoeun (어은, 漁隱) Min-Je (閔霽) of Hwangryeo Min clan. He seems to be the current leader of top 10 Haedong Gapjok. He also mentioned about their previous leader ’Teacher Yuksan (육산 선생, 六山先生)’ of Pyeong Jo clan in his first dialogue. I guess Teacher Yuksan will show up in the later episodes.
Anyways, Eoeun (어은, 漁隱) and Yuksan (육산, 六山) is their pen names, like Sambong (삼봉, 三峰) and Poeun (포은, 圃隱).
* Yi Clan’s Status
General Yi Seong-Gye is the people’s war hero, but his family has been regarded as country bumpkins by the sophisticated, prestigious 700-year-old nobles. As you can see, the general’s family consists of clumsy warriors. Most of them are far from the educated upper class.
Historically, Yi Bang-Won was the general’s one and only son who passed the civil service exam, which made him cry for joy because it helped throw off his family’s inferiority complex about elite noble class.
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