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.
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.
and the public since Shilla was inappropriate in real life. <Jiphyunjeon>
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