Editing Sejong the Great (section)

== Reception and legacy ==
[[File:10000_won_serieVI_obverse.jpeg|thumb|right|King Sejong the Great, as depicted on the [[Bank of Korea]]'s 10,000 [[South Korean won|won]] banknote (Series VI).]]
Sejong the Great is considered one of the most influential monarchs in Korean history, with the creation of Hangul considered his greatest legacy.{{sfnp|Choi 1|n.d.}}<ref name=":2" /><ref name="asiasociety" /> Sejong is widely renowned in modern-day South Korea.<ref name="rfa">{{cite web|script-title=ko:[바로 보는 한반도 역사] ⑧세종대왕에 대한 남북의 평가|author=이규상|date=16 March 2010|url=https://www.rfa.org/korean/weekly_program/korean_history/sejong-03162010110316.html|newspaper=[[Radio Free Asia]]|language=ko}}</ref> In a 2024 survey by [[Gallup Korea]], Sejong was nominated as the second most respected figure by South Koreans, only to be surpassed by [[Yi Sun-sin]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:한국인이 좋아하는 50가지 [사람1편] - 역대대통령/기업인/존경하는인물/소설가/스포츠선수 (2004-2024)|access-date=1 July 2024|publisher=Gallup Korea|date=12 June 2024|language=ko|url=https://www.gallup.co.kr/gallupdb/reportContent.asp?seqNo=1487}}</ref> The [[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] evaluates the reign of Sejong "the most shining period of the history of our [the Korean] people."{{sfnp|Choi 1|n.d.}} Sejong's creation of the Korean alphabet is celebrated every 9 October as [[Hangul Day]], a national holiday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oct. 9-Hangul Day: A Democratic alphabet created for Korean commoner|newspaper=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]|url=https://korea.stripes.com/travel/oct-9-hangul-day-a-democratic-alphabet-created-for-korean-commoner.html|last1=Kim|first1=Chihon|date=27 September 2023}}</ref>

Multiple places in South Korea, including [[Sejongno|Sejong Street]] (''Sejongno''; 세종로, 世宗路),<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Tour Guide |url=http://www.tourguide.co.kr/local/local_detail.htm?pCode=CULTTOMB0262 |access-date=2016-02-22 |website=Tourguide.vo.kr}}</ref> [[Sejong–Pocheon Expressway]], and [[Sejong City|Sejong Special Autonomous City]], South Korea's ''de facto'' administrative capital, are named after him. Various institutes such as [[King Sejong Station]], the [[King Sejong Institute]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chang |first=Dong-woo |date=2017-12-18 |title=(Yonhap Interview) King Sejong Institute seeks more overseas branches |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20171218005600315 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |language=en}}</ref> the [[Sejong Center|Sejong Center for the Performing Arts]],<ref name =":3" /> [[Sejong Science High School]], and [[Sejong University]] also bear his name. A [[Statue of King Sejong (Gwanghwamun)|{{convert|9.5|m|ft|adj=mid|-high|sp=us}} bronze statue of King Sejong]], unveiled in 2009 in celebration of the 563rd anniversary of the invention of the Korean alphabet,<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2009 |title=Statue of King Sejong is unveiled |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2911118 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411054256/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2911118 |archive-date=11 April 2013 |newspaper=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> now sits on a concrete pedestal on the boulevard of [[Gwanghwamun Plaza|Gwanghwamun Square]] and directly in front of the [[Sejong Center|Sejong Center for the Performing Arts]] in Seoul.<ref>{{cite web |title=King Sejong Statue (세종대왕 동상) |url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=1382671 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927205824/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=1382671 |archive-date=27 September 2015 |access-date=2016-02-22 |website=[[VisitKorea.or.kr]]}}</ref> The pedestal contains one of the several entrances to the 3,200 m<sup>2</sup> underground museum exhibit entitled "The Story of King Sejong".<ref>{{cite web |title=King Sejong Story (세종이야기) |url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=999517 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927224452/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=999517 |archive-date=27 September 2015 |access-date=2016-02-22 |website=[[VisitKorea.or.kr]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=26 September 2009 |title=Remembering Hangul |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2910575 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411051831/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2910575 |archive-date=11 April 2013 |newspaper=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]}}</ref> In 2007, the [[Chief of Naval Operations (South Korea)|South Korean Chief of Naval Operations]] officially announced the naming of its [[Sejong the Great-class destroyer|''Sejong the Great''-class destroyers]], further explaining that Sejong's name was chosen as he was the most beloved figure among South Koreans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weekly.cnbnews.com/news/article.html?no=100587|script-title=ko:최고의 '방패' 한국형 이지스함 세종대왕함 진수|date=2 July 2007|newspaper=CNB뉴스|access-date=4 July 2024|author=유성호|language=ko|quote=해군은 또 "세종대왕은 국민적 호감도가 가장 높은 인물"이라며 "향후 항모를 보유하게 된다면 이미 대형 상륙함에 독도함 등이 함명으로 사용되는 만큼, '고구려', '발해' 같은 웅대한 대륙국가의 이름이 사용될 수도 있을 것"이라고 설명했다.}}</ref>
A portrait of Sejong is featured on the 10,000-won banknote of the [[South Korean won]], along with various scientific tools invented under his reign. Sejong was first portrayed in the 1000-''[[South Korean hwan|hwan]]'' bill as part of the 15 August 1960 [[currency reform]], [[April Revolution|replacing]] the portrait of former president [[Syngman Rhee]]. Sejong was also featured on the 500-''hwan'' bill the following year. Both bills were decommissioned in 1962. Sejong's portrait returned with the introduction of the 10,000-''[[South Korean won|won]]'' bill, when his portrait and [[Gyeongbokgung Palace#Oejeon (외전, Outer Court)|Geunjeongjeon]] replaced [[Seokguram]] and [[Bulguksa]] as features of the bill, in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|author=윤정식|script-title=ko:세종대왕이 '1만원권 지폐' 모델이 된 까닭은?|date=2015-10-09|newspaper=헤럴드경제|language=ko|url=https://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20151008000641}}</ref>

In North Korea, Sejong is not as widely commemorated as in the South.<ref name="rfa" /> Volume 16 of the ''[[Great Korean Encyclopedia]]'' asserts that [[Feudalism|feudalist]] pressure and extortion was strengthened during Sejong's reign and that all of Sejong's policies were directed for the benefit of the feudalist [[ruling class]]. In contrast, on 15 December 2001, North Korean news outlet Tongil Sinbo stated in a column that Sejong the Great greatly contributed to Korean science during his 30-year reign.<ref>{{cite web|title=北, 세종대왕 역사적 인물로 평가 |newspaper=[[Tongil News]] |url=https://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=14817 |language=ko |author=최선영 |date=7 January 2002 |quote=북한 무소속대변지 통일신보 최근호(2001.12.15)는 [우리나라 역사인물]  코너에서 `과학문화 발전에 기여한 세종`이란 제목을 통해 세종대왕(1397∼1450년)이 `30여년 집권기간 훈민정음의 창제 등 나라의 과학문화를 발전시키는데 적지 않게 기여한 것으로 하여 후세에도 그 이름은 전해지고 있다`고 소개했다... 또 2000년 8월 발행된 [조선대백과사전] 제16권은 `세종 통치시기 봉건문화가 발전하고 나라의 대외적 지위가 높아졌다`고 지적하면서도 `봉건군주로서 세종의 모든 활동과 그 결과는 봉건 지배계급의 이익을 옹호하기 위한 것이었고 이 시기 인민대중에 대한 봉건적 압박과 착취는 보다 강화됐다`고 주장하고 있다.}}</ref> [[Hangul Day]] is also celebrated in North Korea, albeit on a different date than in South Korea.<ref name="rfa" />