STEP 4 • The King's Secret Project
This was no weekend project.
a decade of secrets, 30,000 records
In 1443, the Annals record one single line: "This month the King personally made 28 letters." That's it. Why so short? Because this was a script the King had to build in SECRET, against his own court.
He built it without seeing
1441년 세종실록 • the King's own complaint
"My eyes have been blurry and painful — one is entirely blind, the other barely makes out shapes..."
Diabetes
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Rheumatism
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Mineral-spring therapy
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<strong>Imagine:</strong> the inventor could barely see, yet designed letter shapes by imagining the inside of HIS OWN mouth. That's why some argue Hangul was designed by ear, not by eye.