This is a ranking stone that is called ?°°?¼?.
Ranking stone shows official rank. In the Joseon dynasty, there was a ranking from first to ninth rank. This rank divided into ?¤ and ?¾.
You can see them like this ?¤ and ?¾. From first to sixth rank, ?¤ is higher than ?¾. ?¤ and ?¾ are divided into 2 levels the higher and lower.
So, the number of levels are 30.
There are 24 ranking stones here. The 12 ranking stones on the east is for civil officials and the other 12 ranking stones on the west is for military officials. There were also 2 ranking stones for from the first rank to the third rank. Also, there was only 1 ranking stone for from the 4th rank to the 9th rank. So, There were 24 ranking stones here. The officials were standing next to their ranking stone on their important national events such as morning assembly, congratulatory ceremonies, and the king's birthday.
Civil officials stood in the east and military officials stood in the west. The closer to the king, the higher the rank.
Today, the level of public servants in Korea is also from level 1 to level 9 due to the influence of the rank of Chosun Dynasty.
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- repetition of the word
- period
- organizing of the sentence
- preposition (on, in)
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