조선시대 왕의 하루일과

Daily schedule of a Joseon king

Early morning tasks

• 5 am, 기상 및 왕실 아침문안, wake up and morning greeting of the royal family
• 6 am, 초조반 (죽, 미음상), pre-breakfast meal (porridge, rice gruel)
• 7 am, 아침공부(주강 晝講), morning study
• 9 am, 아침식사(조수라), breakfast

Morning tasks

• 10 am, 오전업무(보고받기,신료접견), morning business (receiving of reports and royal retainers)
• 11 am, 점심식사(낮것상-면,만두,떡국상), lunch (noodles, dumplings, rice cake soup)

Afternoon tasks

• 1 pm, 낮공부(주강), afternoon study
• 3 pm, 오후업무, afternoon business
• 5 pm, 궁궐내 야간 숙직자 확인, checking of night-shift court workers

Evening tasks

• 6 pm, 저녁식사(석수라), dinner
• 7 pm, 저녁공부(석강), evening study
• 8 pm, 왕실 저녁문안, evening greeting of the royal family

Night tasks

• 9 pm 야참(면,약식,식혜류,타락죽), evening snack (noodle, simple snack, rice drink, milk soup)
• 10 pm, 상소문 읽거나 독서, reading (may include appeals)
• 11 pm, 취침, sleep