The Musin Revolt was a revolt against King Yeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea. The unsuccessful seventeen-day revolt took place in In December 1728. At that time, anonymous posters appeared in Jeonju and Namwon claiming that King Gyeongjong's death in early October 1724 was due to poisoning by the man who had become King Yeongjo. Two men, Sim Yu-hyeon and Bak Mi-gwi, stole gunpowder from a magazine with the intent of blowing up the Hong-hua and Don-hua gates. The original fomentation of the revolt was concentrated in Jeolla province.[1] "During three weeks of fighting the government lost control of thirteen county seats, and the rebels drew great support from people in Kyŏnggi, North Ch’ungch’ŏng, South Ch’ungch’ŏng and South Kyŏngsang Provinces."[2]
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Cho, Ch’anyong [조찬용]. 2003, 1728 nyŏn Musinsat’ae koch’al. [1728년 무신사태 고찰/An enquiry into the 1728 Musillan situation], Seoul: iolive
Jackson, Andrew David. 2011, The 1728 Musillan Rebellion: Resources and the Fifth-Columnists, Unpublished PhD dissertation. University of London
Oh, Gap-Kyun [오갑균]. 1977, "英祖朝 戊申亂에 관한 考察. On the Musin(戊申)-Revolt under the Reign of King Youngcho", 역사교육 21 (5): 65-99 (in Korean)
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^Byun, Ju Seunng and Gyeong Deuk Mun. 2013. "18세기 전라도 지역 무신란(戊申亂)의 전개과정 The Development of Musin Revolt(戊申亂) in Jeolla Province in the 18th Century - Focused on 'the investigation record of the Musin Revolt(「戊申逆獄推案」)',"인문과학연구 93: 135-178 [in Korean]
^Jackson, Andrew David (2013). "THE 1728 MUSIN REBELLION (MUSILLAN 戊申亂): APPROACHES, SOURCES AND QUESTIONS". STUDIA UBB PHILOLOGIA, LVIII (1): 161-172; quotation from p. 162.
