The reason of creating Hangul was as well described in Hunmin chong-um:

"Our  language is unique, different from that of China therefore

we needed alphabet of our own. Only scholars or people from

the upper classes get the opportunity to read or write.

I feel it is my responsibility to enlighten people as a King so I have

made a new 28 letters and i wish everyone can learn this new

alphabet easily and use these new letters confortably in daily life."

It tells that Hangul was made easy to express people's thoughts into

plain texts. Jung In-ji, one of the Jiphyunjeon[click] court scholars

Clearified the reason of creating Hangul.

 

¨ç Pronunciation varies according to geographical regions.

Yet, it is such a nuisance that we borrow Chinese letters

in order to communicate. Korean language is obviously

different from that of Chinese. Therefore using Chinese

letters is inconvinient.


¨è We have been using Chinese letters and those

people who study with books written in Chinese find

a lot of difficulty in understanding. Our law had been

written in Chinese and all statements were recorded

in Chinese, therefore ordinary people found it hard to

understand laws.


¨é Yi-du which is an old script had been used by the government

and the public since Shilla was inappropriate in real life.


<Jiphyunjeon>
In the beginning of  Chosun Dynasty we had a research institute
in the Palace and Chosun adopted Confucianism as national religion.
This institute was doing a role of national library,researches
and consulting works to Kings.

 

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