I love the main theme, which is about injustice in life. Element of how dirty the politic and cronyism is, how life is not fair for some people, and how the good and evil survive in this world, are strongly stressed in this entire drama. It shows the real truth about how life is now and then.

I love the ways how the main character, Dae Jang Geum faced the problems and difficulties in her entire life. She's so cute but at the same time very cool and calm. She handles everything nicely and the main thing is, she never has the words 'give up' in her life vocabulary, regardless of how big her problems are. Her endless will in learning is very impressive.

I love how the drama ends. (It is a happy ending - who don't like it?) The main thing is that it makes me realize that revenge is not everything, but it is just something; something that can make you satisfy momentarily, but on the other hand you'll see the others suffer by your dirty hands. Revenge makes you as bad as the person who has wronged you. What is good about revenge, anyway? I just love how the karma principle works in this story.

I love to see how Jang Geum, who has suffered most of the time in the story, finally found her happiness at the end of the story. She chose happiness over the wealth and high position offered in the palace. Well, wealth and high position might be some sort of 'happiness' for some people. But I do think that this kind of happiness comes together with other bad elements. Probably.

I love everything about this drama. Almost all of the aspects are covered in this historical story; love, family relation, friendship, justice, etc. I learn something valuable here. Yes, sometimes a person can be very cruel like Madam Cui, but just remember that another person can also be very kind just like Madam Han. And yes, sometimes some persons can be two-faced friends like Yong Non and Geum Young, but just remember that another person can be a very true and honest friend, just like Yeon Seng.

A quote from Dae Jang Geum:
''I choose happiness over living without happiness, but recently I just couldn't escape myself from having a lot of difficulties.'' - happiness and sadness; sometimes it is not our choice to determine which one we can choose, either one can come and go without further notice..ewah.

Too good to be true, this story is based on a true story of a legendary girl, Seo Jang Geum, who became the first woman to be the supreme royal physician of her times (Chosun Dynasty).