Korean Historian Records the Fall

*Korean historian* *Falls off his horse* "Don't write that down in the record." "King Taejong fell from his horse. He then asked not to be recorded in the record."

A Korean historian is shown recording King Taejong’s fall from a horse, while Taejong insists that the embarrassing incident be omitted from the record. The joke refers to the historical anecdote that Taejong cared about how the official annals described him, making the historian’s literal record-keeping the punchline.

• @eternalclassic / 51014 2024-05-16