Park Myeong-yi - Citizendia

Park Myeong-yi is a major character in Dae Jang Geum. Dae Jang Geum ( literally The Great Jang Geum, aired in the United States as A Jewel in the Palace) is a 2003 TV series produced She is Seo Jang Geum's mother. For the historical figure that this character is based on see Jang Geum Seo Jang Geum (서장금 (徐長今 is the main character of the Korean television series Myeong-yi is from the upper class yangban. The yangban were a well educated scholarly class of male Confucian intellectuals who were part of the ruling elite within Korea prior to 1910 and the republics period Her grandfather was a court official who lost favor with the court. Myeong-yi was sent to the palace in hopes she could gain rank and salary and raise her family. She became a palace maid there(she was known as Park Na-in). However, Myeong-yi witnessed a conspiracy by Choi Seong-geum, her friend and niece of the current Highest Lady of the Royal Kitchen. Choi Seong-geum is a major character in Dae Jang Geum. She is considered the most notorious woman in the series and is known as Lady Choi throughout much of the series She reported it and was as a result framed by Choi and secretly executed according to the kitchen's internal procedures: forced to drink poison. Luckily, Myeong-yi's best friend Han Baek-young, then Han Na-in(Palace Maid Han} mixes green bean soup, an antidote to poison, to the poison served and feeds it to Park. At the same time, Han slips a letter into Park's "hanbock"(petticoat). The antidote and letter give Park a fighting chance and she is saved by Seo Cheon-Soo. Seo Cheon-soo is a minor character in Dae Jang Geum. He is the father of Seo Jang Geum and a military guard from the middle class(chungjin Myeong-yi is the second woman who will control Seo's fate. After Seo saves her, she marries him and gives birth to a daughter, Seo Jang Geum. For the historical figure that this character is based on see Jang Geum Seo Jang Geum (서장금 (徐長今 is the main character of the Korean television series After Seo is arrested, Park and her daughter escape to Han-yang, where Park reunites with Han, now known as Court Lady Han(Han Sang-goon). Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. Han tries but fails to help Myeong-yi. Myeong-yi is killed by the Choi family, but dies telling Jang Geum to become the Highest Lady of the Royal Kitchen and record Myeong-yi's story inside the secret Highest Lady diary. Jang Geum buries Myeong-yi in a private grave at the foot of Mount Tongyin.

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