Sejong literally invented an alphabet because his people were illiterate and scholars told him not to

The absolute gigachad energy of King Sejong. His top scholars at Jiphyeonjeon were like "your majesty, Chinese characters work fine, please stop." And Sejong basically said "nah" and created Hangul anyway. In secret. While going blind. The man was losing his eyesight from overwork and STILL pushed through. The result? An alphabet so logical that UNESCO named a literacy prize after him. Every other king was out here fighting wars and collecting concubines, and Sejong chose education. Built different fr.