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Kyong-ho Chang and others, Ch'angdokkung Palace: Korean Ancient Palaces 2.
Seoul: Youl Hwa Dang Publishing Co., 1996.
Square format, soft cover, card wraps, 95 pages, illustrated.
Very good condition.
'In October 1394, King T'aejo, the founder of the Yi Dynasty, moved his capital to Hanyang, now Seoul, and King Chongjong, his successor, returned to the former capital, Kaesong, ... . But Y'aejong, the third king of the Yi Dynasty, decided to move the capital to Hanyang again and commissioned Lee Jik and Shin Kuk-lye to supervise work on his places in Seoul, in September, 1404.
It was then that this splendid palace, call "Ch'angdokkung", was constructed ...'