Yi San

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yi San is a South Korean historical drama that aired on MBC, Monday and Tuesdays on 9:55 P.M. Yi San had a big success and ending up in MBC Acting Awards with "Top Excellence Acting Award" for Lee Seo Jin and "Best Actress" for Han Ji-min, nominated for also MBC Best Drama but lost to Legend. The drama has bit another historical drama, The King and I (TV series) for its ratings and performances and is reaching very high in ratings, keeping 2nd and 3rd and on some nights, getting 1st. Yi San dramatizes the life of Korea's King Jeongjo, the 22nd ruler of the Joseon Dynasty. Jeongjo is remembered in Korean history for his sympathy with the plight of the common man, in spite of his own pampered upbringing as royalty. The drama begins with the King's early years, during which he befriends two children working in the Palace who are later expelled. King Yeongjo (Jeongjo's grandfather) seals Jeongjo's father, Crown Prince Sado, in a rice storage chest with no food or water because he fears that the crown prince is planning a coup.