Jang-deok

Jang-deok is a major character in Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 TV series produced by South Korean TV channel MBC and set in fifteenth century Korea.

She is the daughter of a chungin family that lost favor with the government due to the suicide of her mother during the reign of Yeonsangun. The king wanted her mother to be a dancer for him, but she was already married and refused and she committed suicide because of it. Depressed from this, Jang-deok's father also committed suicide. The family was then accused of disrespecting the king, so its properties were confiscated and its only daughter, Jang-deok, became a government slave. However, when she grew up, she regained her status by becoming a physician lady. When Jang Geum is exiled to Jeju as a government slave, Jang-deok is the Medicine Mistress of Jeju Island. She eventually becomes Jang Geum's medical teacher. When Jang Geum returns to the palace, Jang-deok goes with her to Han-yang and lives in a public residential clinic she owns.

Jang-deok is portrayed as a kind and skilled but proud figure. However, when she returns to Han-yang, she begins to lose her arrogant feeling.

See also

*Dae Jang Geum