(1) From this time all Korean documents shall be dated from the year of the present Dynasty. (This was the 503rd year, as the Dynasty was founded in 1392).
(2) Korean treaties with China shall be revised and ministers shall be sent to the various treaty powers.
(3) Class distinctions in Korea shall be wiped out and men shall be judged solely on their merits in the matter of government office.
(4) The distinction between civil and military rank, in favor of the former, shall be done away and they shall stand on an equality.
(5) The family and relatives of a criminal shall not be liable to arrest or punishment for his crime.
(6) The son by a concubine shall be eligible for the succession.
(7) Men shall attain the age of twenty and women the age of sixteen before marriage.
(8) Widows shall be allowed to remarry without loss of social standing.
(9) All slaves are declared free and the sale or purchase of human beings is abolished.
(10) The privilege of memorial is extended to the general public. Anyone shall be at liberty to address the throne[throne] through a memorial.