san loved rin in the king in love.
the king in love who does san love?
rin
bullet::::- seong song-yeon/ui-bin seong (played by han ji-min) — king jeongjo's love interest. she is the daughter of a skilled palace artist and thus has a fondness for art. orphaned at a young age with a baby brother to take care of, she was taken in by a relative who helped her become a palace maid so that she, too, could gain a standing in the palace. when she was 11, she entered the palace and her relative sent her baby brother, seong song wook, to the family of a local physician who was kind enough to adopt him. on her first night in the palace song yeon met san, who was trying to get to the rice chest that held his father. dae su, who was trying to escape the palace, while she was obtaining food for the older palace maids. sadly, she and dae su were caught and kicked out of the palace. angry at her, the relative that helped her enter the palace refused to take her in, so dae su's uncle, senior eunuch park dal ho, took her in and raised her with dae su. however, enemies of the prince forced them all to flee the capital. they fled promising that they would return to the palace to keep their friendship. this they do, and song yeon enters the bureau of painting, which keeps records of events by painting them, as a damo (female painting assistant). the promise of returning to the palace is not fulfilled until song yeon paints a kirin for an ambassador from qing china. curious to learn more about her, san inquires about her at the bureau and realized it was song yeon. he quickly visits her home where he finds dae su and his uncle. from then on, the three stay together. song yeon fell in love with san because of his kind heart and loyal personality, and shows great concern and love for him. although song yeon loves san unconditionally, she thinks it is unwise to be with san as she assumes she would be an obstacle for him due to her lowly status, no matter how much she wants to be by his side. san eventually persuaded her to be with him, telling her that he loves her not as king, but a man. song yeon is portrayed in the series as a beautiful, kind, and intelligent young woman. she manages to rise from a lowly damo to a real bureau artist. her good character and beauty make san fall in love with her; she becomes his concubine after he becomes king. sadly, few people accept her due to her low status (damo were considered lower than slaves) and the fact that she was orphaned. it was not until she gave birth to a boy that she is accepted and formally recognized as the king's concubine. unfortunately, her first son died of illness and caused her to suffer severe grief. consequentially, when she urged to take medicine for her liver cancer, she refused as it would kill her second child. song yeon dies of liver cancer while pregnant with her second child near the end of the series, but returns to san in a dream one last time just before his death.
lee san, wind of the palace
in 1972 an excerpt of ford's "oriental rose" was included in annamarie k. hannold's glimpig early bahá'í pilgirmages.





























in 1974 bruce whitemore published "the silent teacher" and noted her "the bahá'í temple" article in bahá'í world vol iii.





























from marzieh gail's 1991 book, "arches of years", "mrs ford was actually a premature 'sixties person', as her life and opinions clearly show. ... she, who had known poverty herself, stood for labor and the underdog. she, an intellectual, stood for beauty, art, the life of the mind."
mary hanford ford