Sanggung was the highest rank for the court ladies and there were two conditions for a court lady to be appointed as a sanggung: one was through advancement after years of serving in the palace and the other one through special appointment by the queen when she slept with the king. The special sanggung had a higher status compared to the ordinary sanggung since she was the woman favoured by the king, but she’s not yet a royal concubine. The ordinary sanggung acted as supervisors to the other court ladies but they were directly held the responsibility of sanggi and jeoneon.
I don’t think the young Deok Im understood what it meant to be the highest Sanggung (consort) yet or does she? She could be aiming at being an ordinary sanggung.
What say you?
I figured she just meant ordinary Sanggung, at least at this point (or didn’t understand the other meaning), but then after he talk with the King and the other head Court Lady maybe she started to understand a bit more.
The head court lady (is she the Sanggung (normal)?) seemed almost to be pushing for her to become a consort in that funeral march scene though… or was I reading that scene wrong haha. I was like, goodness, she’s a child, hauld yer wheesht!
kiara
November 17, 2021 at 12:46 PM
THE RED SLEEVE: THE RANK ATTAINABLE FOR THE COURT LADIES.
From Mimi’s blog.
5th senior rank – Sanggung (상궁, 尙宮) & Sangui (상의, 尙儀)
5th junior rank – Sangbok (상복, 尙服) & Sangsik (상식, 尙食)
6th senior rank – Sangchim (상침, 尙寢) & Sanggong (상공, 尙功)
6th junior rank – Sanjeong (상정, 尙正) & Sanggi (상기, 尙記)
7th senior rank – Jeonbin (전빈, 典賓) , Jeonui (전의, 典衣) & Jeonseon (전선, 典膳)
7th junior rank – Jeonseol (전설, 典設), Jeonje (전제, 典製) & Jeoneon (전언, 典言)
8th senior rank – Jeonchan (전찬, 典贊), Jeonsik (전식, 典飾) & Jeonyak (전약, 典藥)
8th junior rank – Jeondeung (전등, 典燈), Jeonchae (전채, 典采) & Jeonjeong (전정, 典正)
9th senior rank – Jugung (주궁, 奏宮), Jusang (주상, 奏商) & Jugak (주각, 奏角)
9th senior rank – Jubyeonjing (주변징, 奏變徵), Jujing (주징, 奏徵), Juwoo (주우,奏羽) & Jubyeongung (주변궁, 奏變宮)
Sanggung was the highest rank for the court ladies and there were two conditions for a court lady to be appointed as a sanggung: one was through advancement after years of serving in the palace and the other one through special appointment by the queen when she slept with the king. The special sanggung had a higher status compared to the ordinary sanggung since she was the woman favoured by the king, but she’s not yet a royal concubine. The ordinary sanggung acted as supervisors to the other court ladies but they were directly held the responsibility of sanggi and jeoneon.
https://thetalkingcupboard.com/2014/06/15/women-of-the-joseon-dynasty-part-1/
kiara
November 17, 2021 at 12:52 PM
I don’t think the young Deok Im understood what it meant to be the highest Sanggung (consort) yet or does she? She could be aiming at being an ordinary sanggung.
What say you?
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
November 17, 2021 at 1:02 PM
I figured she just meant ordinary Sanggung, at least at this point (or didn’t understand the other meaning), but then after he talk with the King and the other head Court Lady maybe she started to understand a bit more.
kiara
November 17, 2021 at 1:33 PM
Yes, and based on history being a spoiler, she didn’t seem to want the consort part of it.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
November 17, 2021 at 1:43 PM
The head court lady (is she the Sanggung (normal)?) seemed almost to be pushing for her to become a consort in that funeral march scene though… or was I reading that scene wrong haha. I was like, goodness, she’s a child, hauld yer wheesht!
Kurama
November 17, 2021 at 8:59 PM
Oh, she sounded like she was totally putting her own ambition on Deok Im’s shoulders.