Yungneung, the tomb of Crown Prince Sado, Hwaseong
Yungneung, the tomb of Crown Prince Sado, Hwaseong

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Person1735 – 1762

Crown Prince Sado

Yeongjo's son and Jeongjo's father, who died locked in a rice chest

From age 15 he ran state affairs on Yeongjo's behalf as regent, but conflict with his father deepened. In 1762, on Yeongjo's orders, he was shut in a rice chest and died eight days later (the Imo Incident). The affair divided the Sipa, who sympathised with him, from the Byeokpa, who upheld Yeongjo's decision. On taking the throne Jeongjo moved his tomb to Suwon and named it Hyeollyeongwon.

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1 related event

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    1762Death of Crown Prince Sadorelated figure

    Yeongjo deposed the crown prince and locked him in a rice chest in front of Munjeongjeon Hall at Changgyeonggung; Prince Sado died eight days later.

Related works

  • Film: The ThroneDramatizedFilm · 2015 · Lee Joon-ik
  • Book: The Memoirs of Lady HyegyeongBook · 2010 · Lady Hyegyeong (tr. Jung Byung-sul) · Munhakdongne
  • TV episode: The Day: History Journal Episode 61: Father, What Is My Crime Deserving Death? Crown Prince SadoTV episode · 2015 · KBS1
  • TV episode: Naked Korean History Episode 12: Why Did Crown Prince Sado Die Locked in a Rice Chest?TV episode · 2022 · Kye Seung-beom · tvN STORY
  • TV episode: Naked Korean History Episode 26: How Did Jeongjo Avenge His Father's Sorrow?TV episode · 2022 · Jeong Hae-deuk · tvN STORY

Dramatized works (films, dramas, novels) may differ from the historical record.

People who appear alongside

  • Yeongjo1694 – 1776

    Twenty-first king of Joseon, known for his impartiality policy and tax reform, and for the death of his son

Themes this person appears in

  • Factional Politics in Joseon1498 – 1863

    From the literati purges to in-law government — how Sarim factions moved from coexistence and checks to purges and one-faction rule, then through Tangpyeong to the dominance of a few clans

  • Suwon1601 – 1919

    From Jeongjo’s new city of Hwaseong to the tragedy of Jeam-ri — where a king’s filial devotion and reform politics were built into stone walls