In the end he was beaten in battle by King Wu of Zhou which finished off the Shang Dynasty and brought the start of the Zhou dynasty. He ended up neglecting the country till it was in chaos and open for attack by enemies. He also had a wine pool constructed big enough for boats to sail on and an island with trees with meat hung off the branches at parties called Р№вЂ¦вЂ™Р¶В±В РёвЂљвЂ°Р¶С›вЂ”,РјР€СРјВ§Р‚РјСљРЋР»В¦С, chu-chi-yuk-rim. He neglected his duties as king and focused all his attentions on her having musicians sing songs with lewd lyrics to amuse her.

He started off as a good ruler but then became obsessed with his concubine Da Ji. This could be a reference to King Di Xin of China, the last king of the Shang Dynasty in the 11th century BC. So in this way does the omen predict that a female (Jang Ok-jong) will cause ruin to the country?Р”Р„nother hanja with the same um reading is Р¶В·В« meaning lewd or lustful. According to Chinese philosophy about Yin and Yang, the Yin ( um) represents the female and Yang represents the male. This one, Р№в„ўВ°Р’В means shade as in Р№в„ўВ°Р№в„ўР… РјСњРЉРјвЂ“вЂ um-yang (Yin and Yang РІР‚вЂњ shade and sun). The first of the two hanja is Р№СџС– (reading: РјСњРЉ, um, means РІР‚ВsoundРІР‚в„ў) but there are other hanja with the same reading but different meanings. But how can the omen be connected to Jang Ok-jong except for the fact that it occurs at the same time that she enters the palace? Looking at Korean blogs I found this interesting theory about the meaning of the disharmonyРІР‚в„ўs hanja, Chinese characters: Р№СџС–РёВ®Р‰ (РјСњРЉР»С–Р‚, um-pyon) HereРІР‚в„ўs a summary: Throughout history the harmony of music has symbolized the harmony of the country. He is aware what this РІР‚ВomenРІР‚в„ў is meant to imply about his concubine but undeterred he commands the police to start their investigation. The court officials are worried but the King is convinced this is not an omen but simply that someone has tampered with the musiciansРІР‚в„ў instruments to cause the disharmony and he is determined to find out who it is. Jang Ok-jong was not invited to the banquet by the Queen Mother so the King has sent musicians to play for her too to comfort her, but these musicians have the same problems with pitch and tempo and in the end have to give up.Р”В¬ourt musicians try to play for Jang Oj-jong, Dong Yi, Episode 5, MBC They have already had one bad omen when a meteorite fell down from the sky and now this. Immediately the palace is in panic as everyone realizes that this is a bad omen for the future of the country. The musicians canРІР‚в„ўt play the music properly and they have to stop and look around at each other confused. Just as they planned, during the birthday celebrations when the musicians start to play, the pitch of the instruments is off and the musicians play out of time with each other. Banquet scene for the Prince, Dong Yi Ep 5 MBC

Dong yi song lyrics