Forbidden Dream
Forbidden Dream
To remake Joseon’s skies and sense of time, Sejong devotes himself alongside scientist Jang Yeong-sil to creating astronomical instruments. After the incident in which the royal palanquin is damaged, Jang Yeong-sil faces punishment and dismissal from office, putting the research the two have pursued together in jeopardy.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Inspired reconstruction
It starts from the real scientific and technological collaboration between Sejong and Jang Yeongsil and the 1442 incident in which the royal palanquin was damaged, but it fills gaps in the record about the two men's personal friendship and conflicts, and Jang Yeongsil's later story, with imagination.
The 1442 Jang Yeongsil palanquin incident
An incident in which the king's palanquin, made under Jang Yeongsil's supervision, was damaged in 1442, resulting in Jang Yeongsil being punished.
FACT / FICTION
Verification 7
Fact / Fiction verification
7 recordsSejong and Jang Yeongsil are real historical figures.
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- They appear together in accounts of the development of science and technology in Joseon.
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- 장영실우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 생사기록 없는 장영실은 외계인?(하)교육부 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 장영실 연대기아산 장영실과학관 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
Jang Yeongsil took part in making astronomical and time-measuring instruments during Sejong's reign.
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- This is confirmed in Our History Net and the Jang Yeongsil chronology.
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- 장영실우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 장영실 연대기아산 장영실과학관 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
Historical records contain an account of the royal palanquin whose construction Jang Yeongsil supervised being damaged in 1442.
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- This is confirmed in material citing the Annals of King Sejong.
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- 생사기록 없는 장영실은 외계인?(하)교육부 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 장영실 연대기아산 장영실과학관 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 천문: 하늘에 묻는다 - 안여 사건 기록군치뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
After the palanquin incident, Jang Yeongsil was punished and removed from office, and records about him thereafter almost disappear.
On screen · Verified record
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- Verified record
- This is confirmed in official and educational materials.
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- 생사기록 없는 장영실은 외계인?(하)교육부 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 장영실 연대기아산 장영실과학관 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
The film's specific depiction of Sejong and Jang Yeongsil sharing a very close personal friendship cannot be directly confirmed by records.
On screen · Verified record
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- This is where the film fills gaps in the historical record with imagination.
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- 장영실우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 생사기록 없는 장영실은 외계인?(하)교육부 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
The film's entire development of the conflict surrounding the Ming dynasty and astronomical instruments is not a direct recreation of historical sources.
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- These are scenes dramatizing the historical context.
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- 장영실우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 천문: 하늘에 묻는다 - 안여 사건 기록군치뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
There is insufficient definitive documentation of Jang Yeongsil's later activities.
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- This is an area where the film has considerable scope to construct an ending.
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- 생사기록 없는 장영실은 외계인?(하)교육부 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 장영실 연대기아산 장영실과학관 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
세종
Historical person장영실
Historical personSources used
- 장영실우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 생사기록 없는 장영실은 외계인?(하)교육부 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 장영실 연대기아산 장영실과학관 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 천문: 하늘에 묻는다 - 안여 사건 기록군치뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →