All Chapters of The Rise of a Scholar: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

All the characters mentioned in this historical story are of my own imagination. It is just a fictional picture out of my mind. The story is set in Joseon Dyansty where the society is divided into different classes. The uppermost class is Yangban which constitute 10% of the population and involve bureaucrats, ministers etc in the king's court.Below this lies Chungin class which involve petty bureaucrats, small village administrators etc. Sangmin section is third class which constitute mainly middle class families involved in agriculture, small business, shop owners, peasants etc.Like this there is Cheonmin class and Nobi which are the lower most section of people.  KIM YOON SHIK:The male protagonist who wants to become a Scholar after

"Oppa see this....such a beautiful bracelet. I want this oppa but...", mumbled Hani. "I'll gift you this on your birthday", said Yoon Shik.They are strolling in the city when a horse carriage come running in their direction. Yoon grabbed Hani's hand and pulled her towards him. The people started bowing down when a tall person came out of the horse carriage. Yoon Shik and Hani never has seen such a person when they were in the village. Suddenly an old man whispered in Yoon Shik's ear, "Kid now down quickly. He's the minister...."Hearing this Yoon bent down on his knees a long with her sister. "You all may rise", said the minister. The people stood up but not looked into his eyes while Yoon directly looked into minister's eyes. He glanced at the boy but ignored him and walked towards the internal affairs head department followed by some soldiers. After he has gone the people dispersed from there.

"You should buy that book", said Yoon. "How do you know?", asked Do Yeong. "Why? Can't a low class know about this?", asked Yoon grabbing two books from the shelf and went to the counter. Yeong followed him."Young master you here.....it's my privilege", said Jangmi with a broad smile. "Privilege? Why don't you like other customers?", asked Yoon. "Hehe...Shut your mouth. Do you want to close my shop?", whispered Jangmi in Yoon's ear. "Here I've packed it", said Jangmi and handover the book to Do Yeong. He grabbed the book and walked out. "Thanks Jangmi...", said Yoon and

The ground premise was full of the candidates who came from every corner of the kingdom. "Wooh.....indeed exam will be tough but I will crack it", mumbled Yoon and keep on walking till he reached the examiner's table. "Show your ID", said the examiner. "Here".He checked his idea and then said, "Well sit over there and here is the sheet". "Thank you", said Yoon with a smile and walked towards his seat. He sat on the ground and opened his ink pot and brushes. He looked around him and smiled. "Okay so the exam begins. You will be have 1 hour for classical Chinese and 1 hour for literature. Apart from this there will be questions on poetry and astronomy too...", said the exam coordinator with a loud voice. "Here are the q

"Son you qualified for Sungkyunwan", said his father. "Oppa has worked hard for that", said Hani and hugged her brother. "Indeed your son is so brilliant. People like us now can think of to go on higher level", said one person among the crowd which has surrounded his house. "Ahjushi everyone can go there with persistent hard work and faith in himself", said Yoon. "So when are you leaving?", asked a woman. "Tomorrow morning", said Yoon. "So let's then have a small celebration", said the other man. "Let's go then we should prepare for that", said Hani and dispersed the crowd and