Jang-deok
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Jang-deok is a major character in Dae Jang Geum
, a 2003 TV series produced by South Korea
n TV channel MBC and set in fifteenth century Korea.
She is the daughter of a chungin
family that lost favor with the government due to the suicide of her mother during the reign of Yeonsangun. The king wanted her mother to be a dancer for him, but she was already married and refused and she committed suicide because of it. Depressed from this, Jang-deok's father also committed suicide. The family was then accused of disrespecting the king, so its properties were confiscated and its only daughter, Jang-deok, became a government slave. However, when she grew up, she regained her status by becoming a physician lady. When Jang Geum is exiled to Jeju
as a government slave, Jang-deok is the Medicine Mistress of Jeju Island. She eventually becomes Jang Geum's medical teacher. When Jang Geum returns to the palace, Jang-deok goes with her to Han-yang and lives in a public residential clinic she owns.
Jang-deok is portrayed as a kind and skilled but proud figure. However, when she returns to Han-yang, she begins to lose her arrogant feeling.
Dae Jang Geum
Dae Jang Geum is a 2003 epic South Korean television series directed by Lee Byung Hoon and produced by MBC. Starring Lee Young Ae, it tells the tale of an orphaned kitchen cook who went on to become the king's first female physician...
, a 2003 TV series produced by South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n TV channel MBC and set in fifteenth century Korea.
She is the daughter of a chungin
Chungin
The chungin also jungin, were the petite bourgeoisie of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. The name "chungin" literally means "middle people". This privileged class of commoners consisted of a small group of petty bureaucrats and other skilled workers whose technical and administrative skills enabled the...
family that lost favor with the government due to the suicide of her mother during the reign of Yeonsangun. The king wanted her mother to be a dancer for him, but she was already married and refused and she committed suicide because of it. Depressed from this, Jang-deok's father also committed suicide. The family was then accused of disrespecting the king, so its properties were confiscated and its only daughter, Jang-deok, became a government slave. However, when she grew up, she regained her status by becoming a physician lady. When Jang Geum is exiled to Jeju
Jeju-do
Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946...
as a government slave, Jang-deok is the Medicine Mistress of Jeju Island. She eventually becomes Jang Geum's medical teacher. When Jang Geum returns to the palace, Jang-deok goes with her to Han-yang and lives in a public residential clinic she owns.
Jang-deok is portrayed as a kind and skilled but proud figure. However, when she returns to Han-yang, she begins to lose her arrogant feeling.