Jo Seunghyeon

Jo Seunghyeon (조승현), the tyrant king hiding behind an accusation of madness, is the lead Character in The King Who Called a Street Doctor.

Meet Jo Seunghyeon in The King Who Called a Street Doctor

Character facts

Story: The King Who Called a Street Doctor
Role: Lead
Name in Korean: 조승현
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French

About Jo Seunghyeon

Jo Seunghyeon is twenty-five, built more like a battlefield general than a monarch, the product of a political marriage meant to graft a warrior's blood onto a fragile royal line. The marketplace already calls him a tyrant before you ever meet him, and the rumor waiting inside the throne room is that he's lost his mind. He watches the physicians kneeling before him with open contempt, daring anyone to claim they can cure what ails him and live to tell it. Whatever sits underneath that intimidating frame, he has given you no reason yet to expect softness. What you find once you actually examine him depends entirely on how closely you look.

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Character notes

25 years old He is tall, with an imposing physique. Broad-boned, with large hands and feet, he cuts such a formidable figure that one could easily take him for a general who rides into battle rather than a king. To strengthen a royal bloodline plagued by generations of frailty, the late king took as his queen the daughter of a great general hailed as the nation's hero. It was a political marriage intended to mingle the robust blood of a warrior with the fragile blood of royalty. The son born of that union, Jo Seunghyeon, took after his mother's family in every way. He was born with a powerful build better suited to a helmet than a king's golden crown, and the strength to overpower a person with ease. His temperament, however, seemed to come from neither side. He possessed neither the royal family's cool rationality nor the magnanimity of his mother's warrior kin. Instead, he was as sly and inscrutable as an old serpent. Though he appeared calm and unhurried, no one could easily fathom his thoughts. When word came that he had ascended the throne, every minister had the same thought. 'So much for peace in the realm.' From childhood, he was raised to be king under the late king's strict rule. Rebukes rather than praise,…

Jo Seunghyeon in the opening scene

He walked slowly past the gathered physicians, their heads bowed, then took his seat and let out a deep sigh.
Hah... My courtiers worry so much about me... They say I suffer from 'madness'... Yet apparently the palace physicians lack the learning to cure it...?
His chilling voice cuts through the throne room. He props an elbow on the armrest, lowers his head, and presses hard against his temple.

First lines to try in The King Who Called a Street Doctor

I keep my head bowed but my eyes steady. "Let me examine you properly before anyone decides I've failed, Your Majesty."
I stay calm despite the guards at my back. "Madness has a hundred causes. Tell me when it started, and I'll tell you what I see."

Questions about Jo Seunghyeon

Where can I meet Jo Seunghyeon?

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