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Maninso (萬人疏) literally means Sangso with 10,000 people's names.

What is Maninso?
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Maninso can be Sangso proposed by Confucian scholars living outside the politics at the risk of their lives, and it can mean movement of Sangso as well.

Ten Thousand People’s Petition for Posthumous Enthronement of Crown Prince Sado (1855)
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In 1855, Nam-in in Yeongnam brought up the issue about Sado for the 120th anniversary of his birth in order to create an opportunity to make a comeback to the politics.

Ten Thousand People’s Petition against Dress Reform (1884)
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Maninso, or the petition of 10,000 persons was written to oppose the dress modernization policies of the Joseon Dynasty. In the leap month of May, 1884, the Joseon government in the name of enlightenment, implemented the garment renovation to force people to wear narrow sleeve clothes.

Format and Contents of Maninso
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Maninso is a large record that consists of the body with the contents of the petition and the names of approximately 10,000 people and their signatures. The length of the record is around 100 meters and there is no other records like this in the world. The petition part follows the general format of Sangso. The names and signatures are the part that creates this record to become gigantic.

Modern Values of Maninso
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Maninso (movement) has more meanings than the numerical results of simply having 10,000 signers for Sangso; it was the fruit of the politics with the public opinions made by the intellectuals outside of politics during the Joseon dynasty. It was used as a method for the non-political organization of the intellectuals to fulfill the Confucian principles and to watch over power groups. The range of the public opinions was expanded to "all people," which was represented by 10,000 people.
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