Princess Jeonghye (정혜공주, 貞惠公主; lit. "the virtuous and kind princess") of the Dae clan (737–777), was a

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as the second and eldest-living daughter of King Mun (Dae Heummu) who was taught by Dunshi Yueli (敦诗悦礼) in her early years. According to her tombstone and epitaph, she was married and had at least a son, but both of her husband and son died before her in the 4th year of Boryeok era (777) at the age of 40. In 780, she was buried in the western Jilleung (진릉, 珍陵), Seowon (서원, 西原), which nowadays is known as part of

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, along with a monument of her was erected in the same year too. During her mourning period, her father was said to be very sad and didn't go out for the court affairs. In August 1949, scholars from the

Yanbian University Yanbian University is one of the key universities of the People's Republic of China, located at Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University, included in the Double First Cla ...

know some information about Jeonghye's life following the founding of her tombstone and epitaph in the Yujing Mountain,

with all of

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were imitated from the

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's writing system. According to some

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news, Princess Jeonghye's tomb was built from a square stone with 1.5 m high, about 2 m deep, also 2.8–2.9 m long from north to south and 2.7–2.8 m long from west to east.

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeonghye, Princess Balhae people Korean princesses 737 births 777 deaths 8th-century Korean women

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