In such a circumstance where languages and writngs were doing
different job from each other, somehow it contributed to
maintaining power of the ruling class of those days even though
they also felt uneasy on this circumstance. Only persons
belonging to the ruling class were allowed to learn Chinese
writing and take a test for selecting officials, which was the
entrance to the higher society and the chance to grap political
power and/or economical benefits. From the viewpoint of
majority, the appearance of new letters, which was easy for
ordinary people to learn, was hardly considered or even
unwelcomed because they enjoyed various kinds of vested rights
based on that structure. Considering this, it was a very
striking event in its political aspect that King Sejong invented
to contribute to a better life for the sake of ordinary people.
Sejong crrectly predicted that the ruling class would dislike
and resisted new letters, so that he progressed it very Since
Sejong had to do this job in secret, it was not easy