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, Queen Dowager Cheonchu's lover, plotted to install their son on the throne in 1009, the 12th year of King Mokjong's reign, Ch'oe prevented the conspiracy by helping Hyeonjong ascend the throne along with Chae Chung-sun. In 1010, when he served as the post of ''Jeongdang munhak'' (政堂文學), he revived '' Palgwanhoe'' (八關會), a national

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that had been ceased for the past 30 years.최항 崔沆 a(? ~ 1024)
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