Reflections on the Invention of the Hunmin jeongeum

Who created Hunmin jeongeum, and how? Until today, research on these issues has mainly involved the hypothesis that, although King Sejong was at the center of the endeavor, he was assisted by other scholars, and also the idea that the script took after the form of older foreign scripts such as the ‘Old Seal’ DQG ь3৲DJV pa. This paper, by taking a wider perspective on the invention process behind Hunmin jeongeum, VHHNV WR VKRZ WKDW WKH DERYH PHQWLRQHG K\SRWKHVHV DUH SRRUO\ supported, and thus that Hunmin jeongeum was indeed created personally and originally by King Sejong.