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Sangmin (), short for '''''p'yŏngsangjimin''''' (), is a Korean-language term for commoners of the Joseon period (1392–1897).

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Korean name/auto.hangul
상민
Korean name/auto.hanja
常民

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Sangmin (), short for '''''p'yŏngsangjimin (), is a Korean-language term for commoners of the Joseon period (1392–1897).

Synonyms for the term include sŏin (), sangin (), yangmin (), p'yŏngmin (), and p'yŏngin''' (). Sangmin was also sometimes used to describe innocent people, in contrast to criminals.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sangmin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.