During the Joseon dynasty, they were specific professions like basket weaving and performing executions.

During the Joseon Dynasty ( 1392 – 1910 ) about 30 % to 50 % of the Korean population were slaves.

During Joseon, a social hierarchy system existed that greatly affected Korea's social development.

During the 19th century, Joseon tried to control foreign influence by closing the borders to all nations but China.

During the Joseon dynasty, Korea used cheonse ( Hanja: < span lang =" KO "> 千歲 </ span >; Hangul: < span lang =" KO "> 천세 </ span >, literally " one thousand years ") in deference to the Chinese emperor.

During and after the Seven Year War ( 1592 – 1598 ), he acted as de facto ruler of the Joseon Dynasty, commanding battles and taking care of reconstruction of the nation after the devastating war in the place of old and weak King Seonjo.

* During the Joseon Dynasty in Korea, the crown prince was referred as Dong-gung ( 동궁, 東宮 ) due to the location of his residence from the main palace ; or wangseja ( 王世子 왕세자 ).

During the Joseon period, the number of Buddhist monasteries dropped from several hundred to a mere thirty-six.

During the Joseon Dynasty, all of the administrative rights and systems of Jeju island, which had maintained some independence until this time, were absorbed into the centralized form of government established by Joseon.

During the Joseon Dynasty, as the administrative districts of the whole nation was organized in Eight Provinces system in 1413 ( 13th year of King Taejong's reign ), Jeolla-do took the charge of vast areas of 1-prefectures, 4-autonomous county

During the Joseon Dynasty, which was founded after the Goryeo Dynasty, King Taejo set the capital in Hanyang, while restructuring Gyeonggi's area to include Gwangju, Suwon, Yeoju, and Anseong, along with the southeast region.

During the Joseon period popular handicrafts were made of porcelain and decorated with blue painting.

During most of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea was divided into eight provinces ( do ; ; ).

During the Joseon Dynasty, the newly-emerging ruling class, called Sarim ( 사림, 士林 ), also became divided into political factions according to their diversity of neo-Confucian views on politics.

During the years of modernization of Joseon, it is safe to assume that Gojong was finally in love with his wife.

During the Joseon Dynasty, the word gentry referred very loosely to the semi-powerful local functionaries.

During the Joseon dynasty, in 1393 ( Taejo 2nd year ), after burying the umbilical cord of Taejo in Maninsan Mountain, it was promoted to Jinju-gun and was governed by Jinju governor.

During later Joseon times, the road from Seoul to Busan was established running over Mungyeong Saejae.

During the Joseon Dynasty ( 1392-1910 ), the ritualistic drinking of tea continued and was further refined.

During the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties, Daebu Island was included in the old jurisdiction of Namyang.

During the Joseon period, Mungyeong Saejae played an important role as the gateway in and out of the Gyeongsang province.

During the Joseon Dynasty, the chima or skirt adopted fuller volumn while the jeogori or blouse took more tightened and shortened form, which are features quite distinct from the hanbok of previous centuries, when chima was rather slim and jeogori baggy and long, reaching well below the waist level.

During the Joseon Dynasty ( 1392-1910 ), the royal Yi family and the aristocracy used tea for simple rites.

In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

During the Warring States Period and the early Han Dynasty, China grew greatly and the need arose for a solid and centralized cadre of government officers able to read and write administrative papers.

During the Han Dynasty, Confucianism developed from an ethical system into a political ideology used to legitimize the rule of the political elites.

During the Qing Dynasty many philosophers objected against Neo-Confucianism and there was a return to the Han Dynasty Confucianism, and also the reprise of the controversy between Old Text and New Text.

During the Song Dynasty, the scholar Zhu Xi ( AD 1130 – 1200 ) added ideas from Daoism and Buddhism into Confucianism.

During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle bestowed the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma, the first of the three Princes of Dharma, upon the Black-Hat Karmapa.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ), the Chinese used a silver canister where written lots could be drawn that designated which player had to drink and specifically how much ; for example, from 1, 5, 7, or 10 measures of drink that the youngest player, or the last player to join the game, or the most talkative player, or the host, or the player with the greatest alcohol tolerance, etc.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) between the 7th and 9th century AD, wood blocks were cut to print on textiles and later to reproduce Buddhist texts.

During the social and cultural climate of the ancient Eastern Jin Dynasty ( 316-420 AD ) based at Nanjing in the south, painting became one of the official pastimes of Confucian-taught bureaucratic officials and aristocrats ( along with music played by the guqin zither, writing fanciful calligraphy, and writing and reciting of poetry ).

During the Chinese Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 AD ), not only landscape art was improved upon, but portrait painting became more standardized and sophisticated than before ( for example, refer to Emperor Huizong of Song ), and reached its classical age maturity during the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644 AD ).

During the late 13th century and first half of the 14th century, Chinese under the Mongol-controlled Yuan Dynasty were not allowed to enter higher posts of government ( reserved for Mongols or other ethnic groups from Central Asia ), and the Imperial examination was ceased for the time being.

During the Ming Dynasty there were also different and rivaling schools of art associated with painting, such as the Wu School and the Zhe School.

During the early 16th century, the Sayfawa Dynasty solidified its hold on the Bornu population after much rebellion.

During the Tang Dynasty, Wang Bing claimed to have located a copy of the originals of the Suwen, which he expanded and edited substantially.

During the Tang Dynasty a small parrot ventures out to search for its mother's favourite food upon which it is captured by a poacher ( parrots were quite popular during the Tang Dynasty ).

During the reign of the Kalhora Dynasty, the present city started life as a fishing settlement when a Sindhi Balochi fisher-woman called Mai Kolachi took up residence and started a family.

During the Qin Dynasty ( 221 – 206 BC ), the region came under the jurisdiction of Panyu County, Nanhai Prefecture of the province of Guangdong.

* 762 – During An Shi Rebellion, Tang Dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptured Luoyang from the rebels.

During the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644 ), characters from popular novels such as the Water Margin were widely featured on the faces of playing cards.

Court painters made new versions of the Song Dynasty masterpiece, Zhang Zeduan's Along the River During the Qingming Festival whose depiction of a prosperous and happy realm demonstrated the beneficence of the emperor.

During the Ming Dynasty ( AD 1368 – 1644 ), the Chinese were very concerned with city planning in regards to gunpowder warfare.

During the 15th century, China's Ming Dynasty assembled one of the largest and most powerful naval fleet in the world for the diplomatic and power projection voyages of Zheng He.