Choe Bu
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Choe Bu was a Korean diarist, historian, politician, and travel writer during the early Joseon Dynasty. He was most well known for the account of his shipwrecked travels in China from February to July
The hyanggyo of Daegu; the hyanggyo were government-run educational facilities where students were educated for civil service.
An 1871 photo of a Korean junk ship
A scene from a 12th-century painting by the Song dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan, showing people carried in Chinese litters, the same which Choe and his officers were carried around in while traversing through Zhejiang
The Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, built by 1165 during the Song dynasty
Hongzhi Emperor
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The Hongzhi Emperor, personal name Zhu Youcheng, was the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1487 to 1505. He succeeded his father, the Chenghua Emperor.
Choe Bu
…held officials from the Ministries of War, Justice, and Personnel. When he questioned his escorts about this, Choe was told that the newly enthroned Hongzhi Emperor (r. 1488–1505) had recently impeached a large number of officials from office whom he considered inept and unworthy of their positions. Brook writes…
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll
A stele with the Hongzhi Emperor's inscription regarding the repair of the Temple of Confucius, Qufu. 1504 (17th year of the Hongzhi era)
Detail of the painting Poet on a Mountaintop by Shen Zhou (1427–1509), ink on paper. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri