{{Short description|King of Joseon from 1495 to 1506}} {{redirect|Yeonsangun|the county in North Korea|Yonsan County}} {{redirect|Prince Yeonsan|the 1961 film|Prince Yeonsan (film)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Yeonsangun | succession = King of Joseon | reign = 29 January 1495 – 28 September 1506 | reign-type = Reign | coronation = 3 February 1495<br>Injeongjeon Hall, Changdeokgung | cor-type = Enthronement | predecessor = Seongjong | successor = Jungjong | spouse = {{marriage|Queen Shin|1488}} | issue = 10 sons, 9 daughters | issue-link = #Family | full name = Yi Yung ({{Korean|hangul=이융|hanja=李㦕|labels=no}}) | era dates = ''Adopted the era name of the Ming dynasty''{{efn|Hongchi (Hongzhi) ({{korean|hangul=홍치|hanja=弘治|labels=no}}): 1495–1505<br>Jeongdeok (Zhengde) ({{korean|hangul=정덕|hanja=正德|labels=no}}): 1506 }} | house = Jeonju Yi | dynasty = Yi | house-type = Clan | father = King Seongjong | mother = {{plainlist| * Queen Yun {{small|(biological)}} * Queen Jeonghyeon {{small|(adoptive)}} }} | birth_date = {{birth date|1476|12|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gangnyeongjeon Hall, Gyeongbokgung, Hanseong, Joseon | death_date = {{death date and age|1506|11|30|1476|12|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Ganghwa, Joseon | burial_place = Yeonsangunmyo, Seoul, South Korea | religion = Korean Confucianism {{smaller|(Neo-Confucianism)}} | succession1 = Crown Prince of Joseon | reign1 = 23 March 1483 – 29 January 1495 | predecessor1 = Crown Prince Hwang | successor1 = Crown Prince Hwang | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto | child=yes |hangul=^연산군 |hanja=燕山君 }} }} {{Joseon monarchs}} '''Yeonsangun''' or '''Prince Yeonsan''' ({{Korean|hangul=연산군|hanja=燕山君}}; 2 December 1476 – 30 November 1506),{{Efn|In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), he was born on the 7th day of the 11th lunar month and died on the 6th day of the 11th lunar month.}} personal name '''Yi Yung''', was the 10th monarch of Joseon. He was the eldest surviving son of King Seongjong and Deposed Queen Yun, whose execution has been cited as the primary catalyst for his descent into madness. Often considered the worst tyrant in Joseon's history and perhaps all Korean history, Yeonsangun is notorious for launching two bloody purges, seizing hundreds of women from all over the peninsula to serve as palace entertainers, and appropriating Sungkyunkwan as a personal pleasure ground. His despotic rule provided a stark contrast to the liberal era of his father, and as a much-despised overthrown king, he did not receive a temple name.
==Biography== ===Execution of his mother=== Lady Yun, later known as the Deposed Queen Yun, served Yeonsangun's father, King Seongjong, as a concubine until the death of Queen Gonghye, Seongjong's first wife. With no heir, the king was urged by counselors to take a second wife to secure the royal succession. Lady Yun was chosen for her beauty and was formally married in 1476. Several months later, she gave birth to Yi Yung.
The new queen proved to be temperamental and highly jealous of the other concubines, even going as far as poisoning one of them in 1477. One night in 1479, she physically struck her husband (the king) and left scratch marks. Despite his efforts to conceal the injury, Seongjong's mother, Royal Queen Dowager Insu, discovered the truth and ordered Lady Yun into exile. After several attempts to restore the deposed queen to her former position, government officials petitioned that she be executed. Queen Yun died in 1482, after being ordered to commit suicide by drinking poison.
===Literati purges=== {{See also|Korean literati purges}}
The crown prince grew up believing that he was the son of Queen Jeonghyeon, his father's third wife. He succeeded to the throne in 1495 and during his early reign, he was a wise and able administrator who strengthened the national defense and aided the poor. However, he also showed signs of a violent side when he killed Jo Sa-seo, one of his tutors, soon after becoming king.
Yeonsangun eventually learned the truth about his biological mother and attempted to posthumously restore her titles and position. However, government officials belonging to the Sarim faction opposed his efforts on account of serving Seongjong's will, and greatly displeased, Yeonsangun started looking for ways to eliminate them.
In 1498, {{ill|Kim Il-son|ko|김일손}}, a disciple of Kim Chong-jik, included a paragraph in the royal records that was critical of King Sejo's coup d'état (1455). Kim Il-son and other followers of Kim Chong-jik were accused of treason by a rival faction, giving the king cause enough to order the execution of many Sarim officials<ref>{{in lang|pl}} Joanna Rurarz (2009). Historia Korei. Dialog. {{ISBN|978-83-89899-28-6}}. P.234</ref> and the mutilation of Kim Chong-jik's remains. This came to be known as the First Literati Purge (''Muo Sahwa''; 무오사화, 戊午士禍).
In 1504, Im Sa-hong revealed to Yeonsangun the details of his mother's death and showed him a blood-stained piece of clothing that was obtained from Lady Yun's mother, the blood allegedly vomited by her after taking poison.<ref name="Joanna Rurarz 2009">{{in lang|pl}} Joanna Rurarz (2009). Historia Korei. Dialog. {{ISBN|978-83-89899-28-6}}. P.234-235</ref>
Subsequently, Yeonsangun beat to death two of his father's concubines, Lady Jeong and Lady Eom, for their part in his mother's death. His grandmother, Grand Royal Queen Dowager Insu, also died soon after he pushed her during an altercation. He sentenced to death many government officials who had supported the execution of his mother, now posthumously honored as "Queen Jeheon" ({{Korean|hangul=제헌왕후|hanja=齊獻王后|labels=no}}), and ordered the grave of Han Myŏnghoe to be opened and the head to be cut off the corpse.
Yeonsangun went as far as punishing officials who were simply present at the royal court at that time, for the crime of not preventing the actions of those who abused his mother.<ref name="Joanna Rurarz 2009" /> This came to be known as the Second Literati Purge (''Gapja Sahwa''; 갑자사화, 甲子士禍). Meanwhile, Im Sa-hong and his allies were promoted and they received many important offices and other rewards.<ref name="Joanna Rurarz 2009" />
===Suppression of free speech and learning=== Yeonsangun closed Sungkyunkwan, the royal university, as well as the temple Wongaksa, and converted them into personal pleasure grounds, for which young girls were gathered from the eight provinces.<ref>{{cite book | language = pl | first = Joanna | last = Rurarz | year = 2009 | title = Historia Korei | trans-title = History of Korea | publisher = Dialog | isbn = 978-83-89899-28-6 | pages = 234–35}}</ref> He also demolished a large residential area in the capital and evicted 20,000 residents to build hunting grounds.{{Sfn | Rurarz | 2009 | p = 234–35}} People were forced into involuntary labor to work on these projects. Many commoners mocked and insulted him with posters written in hangul, and in retaliation, Yeonsangun banned the use of the script. Furthermore, Yeonsangun was the only monarch of the Joseon dynasty who tried to dismantle Buddhism in Joseon; he attempted to abolish the system of head monasteries and examinations during his reign.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=VERMEERSCH |first1=Sam |title=Yi Seong-gye and the Fate of the Goryeo Buddhist System |journal=Korea Journal |date=June 2013 |volume=53 |issue=2 |page=149 |url=https://accesson.kr/kj/assets/pdf/8326/journal-53-2-124.pdf |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
When court officials protested against his actions, he abolished the Office of Censors (whose function was to criticize any inappropriate actions or policies of the king) and the Office of Special Advisors (a library and research institute that advised the king with Confucian teachings).<ref>Annals, July 14, 1506</ref> He ordered his ministers to wear a sign that read: "A mouth is a door that brings in disaster; a tongue is a sword that cuts off a head. A body will be in peace as long as its mouth is closed and its tongue is deep within" (口是禍之門 舌是斬身刀 閉口深藏舌 安身處處牢).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/inspection/inspection.jsp?mTree=0&id=kja |script-title=ko:연산 52권, 10년(1504 갑자 / 명 홍치(弘治) 17년) 3월 13일(갑술) 8번째기사 |publisher=National Institute of Korean History |work=The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty |language=ko |access-date=2015-12-09}}</ref>
Chief Eunuch Kim Cheo-sun, who had served three kings, tried to convince him to change his ways, but Yeonsangun killed him by shooting him with arrows and personally cutting off his limbs. In addition, he also punished the eunuch's relatives down to the 7th degree, and when he asked the royal secretaries whether such punishment was appropriate, they did not dare to say otherwise.<ref>Annals, April 1, 1505</ref>
=== Hangul ban === On July{{nbsp}}19, 1504, the 10th year of Yeonsan's reign, three ''tuseos''{{Efn|An act of writing and secretly sending a letter to an organization or a designated recipient, to report an unrevealed fact or someone's fault; or such a letter.<br/>[https://korean.dict.naver.com/koendict/#/entry/koen/d141d9033e5a4c6c939e688e73f69066 ( 투서 Pronunciation: 'tuseo' )] at korean.dict.naver.com }} ({{Korean|hangul=투서|hanja=投書|labels=no}}) written in Hangul and mocking and insulting him for his tyranny were discovered. The ''tuseos'' criticized him for his violence towards his ministers and his lust for women. The author was unidentifiable. Enraged, Yeonsan ordered a total ban on the learning, teaching, or using of Hangul, and ordered the five Hansung administrative districts to identify and report all the individuals who knew how to use it, and to punish people who did not report on their neighbors. He also ordered comparisons of the handwriting of people who had been reported. In addition, he offered high-ranking titles and large amounts of money as rewards for identifying the author.<ref>{{cite web | title=한글을 탄압한 연산군, 황음무도에 빠지다 | date=30 September 2015 |website=blog.jmagazine.co.kr | url=https://blog.jmagazine.co.kr/492 }}</ref>
On July{{nbsp}}22, Yeonsan ordered the beheading of people who were using Hangul, and severe beatings ({{Korean|hangul=곤장|hanja=棍杖|labels=no}}) for persons who did not report others. He ordered his court's ministers to burn all the books in their homes with Hangul ''gugyeol'' footnotes. However, he allowed Hangul books translated from ''hanja'', or ''Unhaeseo'' ({{Korean|hangul=언해서|hanja=諺解書|labels=no}}).<ref name=":0">{{cite web | title=한글수난의 역사, 연산군의 언문 탄압, 한글나누기2 - 국립한글박물관 한박웃음 2018년 9월 제62호 |website=www.hangeul.go.kr | url=https://www.hangeul.go.kr/webzine/201809/sub1_2.html }}</ref> These books were often the works of a former monarch, and it is speculated that even a tyrant like Yeonsan could not have purged the achievements of the former monarchs, who were also his ancestors.<ref name=":0"/>
The rounding up of people who knew Hangul and the investigations continued through early August, but they failed to catch the culprit, and Yeonsan's short-lived Hangul ban was over. Later in December, Yeonsan himself ordered the translations of "calendar-books" ({{Korean|hangul=역서|hanja=曆書|labels=no}}) into Hangul, and in September of the following year he ordered the translation and recital of a "mourning script" ({{Korean|hangul=제문|hanja=祭文|labels=no}}) regarding a dead court woman.<ref name=":0" />
=== Dethronement === {{See also|Jungjong coup}} In 1506, the 12th year of Yeonsangun's reign, a group of officials — notably Pak Wŏnjong,{{efn|His adoptive daughter (biological daughter of Park Su-rim) will later become Royal Noble Consort Gyeong, a concubine of King Jungjong.}} Sŏng Hŭian, Yu Sunjŏng, and Hong Gyeong-ju{{efn|His daughter will later become Royal Noble Consort Hui, a concubine of King Jungjong.}} — plotted against the despotic ruler. They launched their coup in September 1506, deposing the king and replacing him with his younger half-brother, Grand Prince Jinseong. The king was demoted to "Prince Yeonsan" (''Yeonsangun''; 燕山君, 연산군) and sent into exile on Ganghwa Island, where he died after two months.{{Sfn | Rurarz | 2009 | p = 234–35}} His concubine, Jang Nok-su, who had encouraged and supported his misrule, was beheaded. In addition, despite the new king's reluctance, Yeonsangun's four young sons were also forced to commit suicide by poison only a few weeks later.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kka_10109024_003 |script-title=ko:조선왕조실록 |website=sillok.history.go.kr }}</ref>
==Family== ===Parents=== * Father: King Seongjong of Joseon ({{Korean|hangul=조선 성종|labels=no}}; 19 August 1457 – 20 January 1495).<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** Grandfather: King Deokjong of Joseon ({{Korean|hangul=조선 덕종|labels=no}}; 3 October 1438 – 2 September 1457).<ref name="encykorea-yeon">{{cite web |title=연산군(燕山君) - 한국민족문화대백과사전 |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0036803 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |accessdate=14 November 2025}}</ref> ** Grandmother: Queen Sohye of the Cheongju Han clan ({{Korean|hangul=소혜왕후 한씨|labels=no}}; 7 October 1437 – 11 May 1504).<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> * Biological mother: Deposed Queen Yun of the Haman Yun clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐비 윤씨|labels=no}}; 15 July 1455 – 29 August 1482).<ref>{{cite web |title=폐비 윤씨 - 한국민족문화대백과사전 (entry on Deposed Queen Yun) |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/ |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |accessdate=14 November 2025}}</ref> ** Grandfather: Yun Gi-gyeon ({{Korean|hangul=윤기견|labels=no}}; 1416–?).<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** Grandmother: Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan ({{Korean|hangul=고령 신씨|labels=no}}; 1426–?).<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> * Adoptive mother: Queen Jeonghyeon of the Papyeong Yun clan ({{Korean|hangul=정현왕후 윤씨|labels=no}}; 21 July 1462 – 13 September 1530).<ref name="sillok">{{cite web |title=연산군일기 (Daily Records of King Yeonsangun) - 조선왕조실록 |url=https://sillok.history.go.kr/search/inspectionMonthList.do?id=kja |publisher=The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty (국사편찬위원회) |accessdate=14 November 2025}}</ref>
===Consorts and issue=== * Deposed Queen Shin of the Geochang Shin clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐비 신씨|labels=no}}; 15 December 1476 – 16 May 1537).<ref>{{cite web |title=폐비 거창 신씨 (Deposed Queen Shin) - 한국역대인물종합정보시스템 |url=https://people.aks.ac.kr/front/dirSer/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_6JOa_A1472_2_0019314 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |accessdate=14 November 2025}}</ref> ** Yi Su-eok, Deposed Princess Hwisin ({{Korean|hangul=폐휘신공주 이수억|labels=no}}; 2 September 1491 – ?), first daughter.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** First son (1494–1494).<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** Second daughter.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** Third daughter (1495-?).<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** Deposed Crown Prince ''Yi Hwang'' ({{Korean|hangul=폐세자 이황|labels=no}}; 10 January 1498 – 24 September 1506), second son.<ref name="sillok"/> ** ''Yi Bok-eok (이복억; (1499–?), fourth daughter''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Yi Seong'', Deposed Grand Prince Changnyeong ({{Korean|hangul=폐창녕대군 이성|labels=no}}; 18 June 1500 – 24 September 1506), fourth son.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Yi Yeong-su ({{Korean|hangul=이영수|labels=no}}; 1501–1503), fifth son''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Yi In-su ({{Korean|hangul=이인수|labels=no}}; 1501 – 1503), sixth son''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Seventh son (1502 – ?)''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-ui of the Yangseong Yi clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙의 이씨|labels=no}}; 1480 – ?) ** ''Yi In'', Deposed Prince Yangpyeong ({{Korean|hangul=폐양평군 이인|labels=no}}; 1498 – 24 September 1506), third son.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-ui of the Haepyeong Yun clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙의 윤씨|labels=no}}; 1482–1568) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-ui of the Hyeonpung Gwak clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙의 곽씨|labels=no}}; 1483–?) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-ui of the Gwon clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙의 권씨|labels=no}}; 1477–?) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-ui of the Yeoheung Min clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙의 민씨|labels=no}}; 1483–1519) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-yong of the Heungdeok Jang clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙용 장씨|labels=no}}; 1484–1506).<ref>{{cite web |title=장녹수 (Jang Nok-su) - 한국민족문화대백과사전 |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0048350 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |accessdate=14 November 2025}}</ref> ** ''Yi Chong-su (이총수; 1502–1503), eighth son''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Yi Yeong-su ({{Korean|hangul=이영수|labels=no}}; 1502–1517), sixth daughter''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Yi Yeong-su (이영수; 1503–1503), ninth son''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-yong of the Damyang Jeon clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙용 전씨|labels=no}}; 1480–1506) ** ''Ninth daughter''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-yong of the Jo clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙용 조씨|labels=no}}; 1482 – ?) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-won of the Choe clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙원 최씨|labels=no}}; 1485 – ?) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-won of the Jang clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙원 장씨|labels=no}}) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-won of the Yi clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙원 이씨|labels=no}}) * Deposed Royal Consort Suk-won of the Kim clan ({{Korean|hangul=폐숙원 김씨|labels=no}}; 1481–1506) * Palace Maid Choe ({{Korean|hangul=나인 최씨|labels=no}}; ? – 1504) * Palace Maid Su ({{Korean|hangul=나인 수씨|labels=no}}; ? – 1504) * Palace Maid Jeong ({{Korean|hangul=나인 정씨|labels=no}}; 1484 – ?) **''Yi Ham-geum (이함금), eighth daughter'' <ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> * Palace Maid Kim ({{Korean|hangul=나인 김씨|labels=no}}; 1480–1506) * ''Yeowan'' Wolhamae ({{Korean|hangul=여완 월하매|labels=no}}; ? – 1506) * ''Yeowan'' Ahn ({{Korean|hangul=여원 안씨|labels=no}}; 1476 – ?) * Lady Jang ({{Korean|hangul=장씨|labels=no}}) * Medical Lady Gang ({{Korean|hangul=의녀 강씨|labels=no}}) * Unknown ** ''Yi Bok-hab ({{Korean|hangul=이복합|labels=no}}; (1501 – ?), fifth daughter''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Yi Don-su ({{Korean|hangul=이돈수|labels=no}}; (1501–1506), fifth son''.<ref name="sillok"/> ** ''Yi Jeong-su ({{Korean|hangul=이정수|labels=no}}; 1505–1507), seventh daughter''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/> ** ''Yi Tae-su ({{Korean|hangul=이태수|labels=no}}; (1506–1506), tenth son''.<ref name="encykorea-yeon"/>
== Ancestry == {{ahnentafel |collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |1= '''1. Yeonsangun of Joseon''' |2= 2. King Seongjong of Joseon<br/ >(조선 성종) |3= 3. Deposed Queen Yun of the Haman Yun clan<br/ >(폐비 윤씨) |4= 4. King Deokjong of Joseon<br/ >(조선 덕종) |5= 5. Queen Sohye of the Cheongju Han clan<br />(소혜왕후 한씨) |6= 6. Yun Gi-gyeon, Internal Prince Haman<br/ >(함안부원군 윤기견) |7= 7. Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan<br/>(고령 신씨) |8= 8. King Sejo of Joseon<br/ >(조선 세조) |9= 9. Queen Jeonghui of the Papyeong Yun clan<br />(정희왕후 윤씨) |10= 10. Han Hwak, Internal Prince Seowon & Duke Yangjeol<br/ >(서원부원군 양절공 한확) |11= 11. Lady Hong of the Namyang Hong clan<br/ >(남양 홍씨) |12= 12. Yun Eung<br/ >(윤응) |14= 14. Shin Pyeong<br/ >(신평) |16=16. King Sejong of Joseon<br/ >(조선 세종)|17=17. Queen Soheon of the Cheongsong Shim clan<br />(소헌왕후 심씨)|boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;|18=18. Yun Beon, Internal Prince Papyeong & Duke Jeongjeong<br/ >(파평부원군 정정공 윤번)|20=20. Han Yeong-jeong<br/ >(한영정)|24=24. Yun Deuk-rong<br/ >(윤득룡)|13=13. Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan<br/ >(안동 권씨)|15=15. Lady Ma of the Jangheung Ma clan<br/ >(장흥 마씨)|19=19. Lady Yi of the Incheon Yi clan<br/ >(인천 이씨)|22=22. Hong Yeo-bang<br/ >(홍여방)|21=21. Lady Kim of the Uiseong Kim clan<br/ >(의성 김씨)|23=23. Lady Jeong of the Dongnae Jeong clan<br/ >(동래 정씨)|26=26. Gwon So<br/ >(권소)|25=25. Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan<br>(여흥 민씨)|28=28. Shin Po-si<br/ >(신포시)|29=29. Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan<br/ >(경주 김씨)|30=30. Ma Cheon-mok<br/ >(마천목)|31=31. Lady Yi of the Gyeongju Yi clan<br/ >(경주 이씨)}}
== In popular culture == * Portrayed by Shin Young-kyun in the 1961 film ''Prince Yeonsan''. * Portrayed by Yu In-chon in the 1988 film ''Diary of King Yeonsan''. *Portrayed by Yoo Dong-geun in the 1995 KBS TV series ''Jang Nok Soo.'' * Portrayed by Ahn Jae-mo and Kim Hak-joon in the 1998–2000 KBS1 TV series ''The King and Queen''. * Portrayed by Kim Yang-woo in the 2001–2002 SBS TV series ''Ladies in the Palace.'' *Portrayed by Jung Ki-sung in the 2003–2004 MBC TV series ''Dae Jang Geum.'' *Portrayed by Jung Jin-young in the 2005 film ''The King and the Clown.''<ref>{{cite news |title=E-Annals Bring Chosun History to Everyman |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/01/27/2006012761013.html |access-date=16 October 2012 |newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo (english.chosun.com) |date=27 January 2006}}</ref> * Portrayed by Jung Yoon-seok and Jung Tae-woo in the 2007–2008 SBS TV series ''The King and I''. * Portrayed by Jin Tae-hyun in the 2011–2012 JTBC TV series ''Insu, the Queen Mother''. * Portrayed by Kim Kang-woo in the 2015 film ''The Treacherous''. * Portrayed by Kim Ji-suk in 2017 MBC TV series ''The Rebel''. * Portrayed by Ahn Do-gyu and Lee Dong-gun in 2017 KBS2 TV series ''Queen for Seven Days''. * Inspired a fictional king portrayed by Lee Chae-min in 2025 tvN TV series ''Bon Appétit, Your Majesty''.
==See also== {{Commons category|Yeonsangun}} * History of Korea * List of monarchs of Korea * {{anl|Politics of the Joseon dynasty}}
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==References== {{Reflist}}
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