"Dae Jang Jin" is a 2003 Korean drama produced by MBC in South Korea, starring Lee Young-ae, Ji Jin-hee, Lim Ho, Hong Lin-na, Leung Mi-kyung, etc., written by Kim Young-hyun and directed by Lee Byung-hoon. It mainly tells the story of how a generation of strange women, Xu Changjin, became the first female imperial doctor in the history of the Joseon Dynasty through her own efforts, and was given the title of "Great Changjin" by Emperor Zhongzong.
Stills from the Great Changjin
Xu Tianshou, a janissary officer in the Joseon Dynasty, was ordered by the emperor to give poison to the deposed Empress Yin (the biological mother of Yanshan Jun). Yanshan Jun succeeded to the throne, and Tianshou resigned. Park Myung-il, who was originally a member of the imperial dining room, was reported to the court after discovering that the insider Choi had plotted to kill the deposed Hou Yin clan, but was framed for adultery by the aunt of the Choi clan of the supreme palace and poisoned her, and was later rescued by Tianshou by the stream. The two married each other and gave birth to a daughter named Nagama.
Young and present with his mother Park Myung-il
Yan Shanjun ordered the search for all those who participated in the killing of his mother that year, Tianshou was arrested, and Ming Yi took Changjin to Beijing to find Tianshou. The brothers and sisters of Cui Shanggong (The Palace People Cui) learned that Mingyi was still alive, and feared that the murder of Empress Yin would be revealed, and launched a hunt for Mingyi. Ming Yi was killed by an arrow, and left a last word to let Nagama enter the palace.
Stills from Choi Sang-gwan
Xu Changjin lost his parents and had nowhere to go, but fortunately, Jiang Dejiu and his wife, who were skilled in the court, took him in. Nagamasa entered the palace according to his mother's last words and became a little palace girl in the imperial dining room, and Nagamasa was particularly good from childhood and Liansheng. ChangJin has a kind heart and loves to help others, reads with a heart and common sense is richer than the average person, and has a more unique and sensitive sense of taste. Everyone in the imperial dining room looked at Changjin differently, especially Han Shanggong loved her more. Among all the peers of Changjin, only Cui Jinying has the talent to compete with her. Choi Jin-young likes Min Jeong-ho when he is outside the palace.
Choi Jin-young stills
Jinying accidentally lost the golden rooster sent by the Ming dynasty envoys, and Changjin volunteered to go out of the palace with Jinying in the hope of finding the golden rooster. On the way, Changjin encountered Min Zhenghao injured and delayed the return time to the palace. Under the pleading of Zheng Shanggong and Han Shanggong, Changjin was relieved of the fate of being expelled from the palace and was transferred to the vegetable garden outside the palace to grow herbs and vegetables. Zheng Baiyun, who was in charge of this place, saw that Changjin had carefully cultivated herbs, and secretly helped and taught Changjin to understand various herbs, and Changjin was finally able to return to the palace.
Nagamasa's flour was lost in the imperial meal competition, but fortunately, the empress dowager came to the test site and was full of praise when she tasted Nagama's work, and Nagamasa was able to avoid the fate of being eliminated from the palace. During this period, in order to save Jiang Dejiu, Changjin personally tasted people involved in nutmeg and lost his sense of taste. Finally, it was restored with the help of Zheng Baiyun.
In the competition of the Supreme Palace, Han Shanggong was delayed by Cui Jushu and others to return to the palace, and Changjin won the competition for Han Shanggong and was praised by Emperor Zhongzong, and Han Shanggong became the supreme palace in the imperial kitchen. Han Shanggong eventually learned that Changjin was Mingyi's daughter and the two became even closer. After the sick Zhongzong bathed in the hot spring bath, he fell unconscious for no reason, and Choi Sang-kyung took the opportunity to falsely accuse him of eating the sulfur duck concocted by Han Sang-gung, so that Han Sang-gong and Chang-jin were judged to be anti-party and exiled to Jeju Island as official concubines, and Han Sang-gung died on Chang-jin's back on the way to Jeju Island. Cui Shanggong finally got his wish and became the highest palace in the imperial kitchen.
Changjin and Han Shanggong
In Jeju Island, Nagamasa wants to escape all the time, and for the sake of Nagamasa Min Jeong-ho, he is transferred to Jeju Wanhu. Chang Jin was allowed to follow the doctor's daughter Zhang De to the pharmacy of the official to become an official maid. Chang Jin officially worshiped Zhang De, who was highly skilled in medicine, as a teacher, and studied hard day and night in the hope that after completing his medical skills, he would have the opportunity to return to the court. Lian Sheng was sullen and unhappy in the palace because of his long thoughts, and one day he accidentally met Zhongzong in the palace pavilion, and Zhongzong had pity for Lian Sheng, spoiled Lian Sheng, and Lian Sheng jumped up to become a special Shang Palace.
Lian Sheng stills
After a series of twists and turns, Nagamasa was finally able to officially enter the hospital as a doctor and return to the court. Cui Shanggong and the others learned that Nagamasa had returned to the palace and colluded with the internal medicine doctor to find a way to expel Nagamasa from the palace. Since the birth of the empress dowager, her body has not been able to recover. Under the diagnosis of ChangJin, the empress dowager finally gave birth to another stillborn baby to restore her health. ChangJin gambled his life to successfully persuade Empress Wang, who refused to seek medical treatment. Lian Sheng was crowned as the Lady of the Four Pins because of her pregnancy, and Nagamasa saw through the ruse of the doctor's daughter Ariel to avoid a miscarriage. The Mahara Emperor was infected with acne and his life was in danger, but Changjin was not afraid of the danger of being infected, and carefully found a way to treat it.
Stills of the Queen Mother
In order to please the empress dowager, Cui Shanggong and Jinying specially offered the rare tonic lion's head mushroom soup brought from the Ming Dynasty to Zhongzong, but unexpectedly, Zhongzong fainted again that night after eating it. Changjin found out the cause of Emperor Zhongzong's illness, which made Emperor Zhongzong look at her differently. Later, Emperor Zhongzong ordered an investigation into the Sulphur Duck Incident that year, and Wu Jianhu, Park Vice-Choi Jushu and Jin Ying, as well as nei yi Zheng and Ariel, were all sentenced to prison or exiled or dismissed from their posts, and were duly punished. When Cui Shanggong went to Mingyi's grave to complain, he accidentally fell into the valley and died. Emperor Zhongzong rewarded Nagamasa with the promise to restore the identity of Han Shanggong and Nagamasa's mother, and to allow Nagamasa to fulfill his mother's last wish.
Emperor Zhongzong also insisted on appointing Changjin as the chief of the Six Pins despite the opposition of the courtiers, and the empress dowager believed that since Emperor Zhongzong loved Changjin, he should include Changjin in the harem. Emperor Zhongzong asked Chang Jin if he admired Min Zhenghao, but Chang Jin confessed that he was worried that Min Zhenghao would be implicated. The next day, Zhongzong asked Min Zhenghao to compete in archery, and he was angry and wanted to shoot Min Zhenghao with an arrow, but finally he resisted. Min Zhenghao pleaded with Emperor Zhongzong to cherish Changjin's talents and not to make Changjin the harem, but to order Changjin to be Emperor Zhongzong's chief medical officer, and Emperor Zhongzong finally made up his mind to brave all difficulties and ordered Changjin to be the official of Zhengsanpintang and give him the title of Great Changjin.
Many years later, ChangJin and Min Jeong-ho married Lian Li and gave birth to a daughter, who wandered outside. Lian Sheng reported to the empress that when she heard the news of Changjin, the empress immediately restored the two of them and invited the two to return to the court, and Changjin met with friends who had not been seen for many years, and she was very happy and tearful.
Chang Jin and Min Jeong-ho