Editing Sejong the Great (section)

===Public welfare===
In 1426, Sejong enacted a law that granted government [[nobi|serfs]] ({{Korean|hangul=노비|hanja=奴婢|rr=nobi|labels=no}}) women 100 days of [[parental leave|maternity leave]] after childbirth, which, in 1430, was lengthened by one month before childbirth. In 1434, he also granted the husbands 30 days of paternity leave.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Bae-yong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3yW5MdzKnUC&pg=PA267 |title=Women in Korean History |date=20 October 2008 |publisher=Ewha Womans University Press |isbn=978-8973007721 |page=267 |language=en}}</ref>

In order to provide equality and fairness in taxation for the common people, Sejong issued a royal decree to administer a nationwide public opinion poll regarding a new tax system called ''Gongbeop'' in 1430. Over the course of five months, the poll surveyed 172,806 people, of which approximately 57% responded with approval for the proposed reform.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Oh |first=Gi-su |date=2011 |script-title=ko:세종대왕의 조세사상과 공법 연구 : 조세법 측면에서 |trans-title=The Study of ''Gongbeop'' of King Sejong the Great and Thoughts on Taxation: From the Perspective of Tax Law |url=https://m.academic.naver.com/article.naver?doc_id=45730091 |journal=Korean Journal of Taxation Research |language=Korean |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=369–405 |issn=1225-1399 |via=National Assembly Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=31 January 2018 |script-title=ko:한국 전통과학의 전성기, 세종 시대 |trans-title=The heyday of Korean traditional science, the Sejong era |url=http://science.ytn.co.kr/program/program_view.php?s_mcd=1274&s_hcd=&key=201802011139147417&page=1 |access-date=2 April 2018 |website=science.ytn.co.kr |language=Korean}}</ref>

Joseon's economy depended on the agricultural output of the farmers, so Sejong allowed them to pay more or less tax according to the fluctuations of economic prosperity and hard times.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2016 |script-title=ko:'어쩌다 어른' 설민석, '경청의 1인자 세종대왕'…역사가 이렇게 재미있을 줄이야! |trans-title=Seol Min-seok of 'No Way I'm an Adult', 'King Sejong the Great, the No. 1 listener'…I never thought history could be this interesting! |url=https://www.ajunews.com/view/20160610135152888 |access-date=23 June 2023 |website=[[Aju Business Daily]] |language=Korean}}</ref> Because of this, farmers could worry less about tax quotas and instead work at maintaining and selling their crops.

It is said that once, when the palace had a significant surplus of food, the king distributed it to poor peasants who needed it. It is also said that Sejong the Great created relief programs for those affected by floods, giving them food and shelter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-24 |title=King Sejong the Great {{!}} Asia Society |url=https://asiasociety.org/education/king-sejong-great |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=asiasociety.org |language=en}}</ref> Otherwise the state maintained a permanent grain dole, that existed since the days of [[Unified Silla]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shin |first1=Michael D. |last2=Lee |first2=Injae |last3=Miller |first3=Owen |last4=Park |first4=Jinhoon |last5=Yi |first5=Hyun-Jae |date=2017-06-29 |title=Korean History in Maps: From Prehistory to the Twenty-First Century |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/arwh/5/1/article-p171_9.xml |journal=Asian Review of World Histories |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=171–173 |doi=10.12773/arwh.2017.5.1.171 |issn=2287-9811}}</ref>