The most influential person
May 7, 2008
There are a lot of great people in Korean history. Among them, I think the most influential person is “King Sejong the Great” in Choson dynasty.
The biggest reason why I choose this is that he created the Korean Character System called Han-Geul. Before that, Korean people used the difficult Chinese character but Han-Geul is easy to learn. Practically, the illiteracy rate is almost zero in Korea.
The second reason is that I think he is the role model of leadership. He had many visions of developing the Choson dynasty, and had impact on his subjects to make work for achieving his goals. His leadership is still working in modern Korean society.
Finally, he is the model of 10000 won note free of charge. As Korean people use money, we look his face. It reminds Korean people to be proud of his achievements and our great history.
