Yes, that was the king who lost the war. Subsequent kings didn't, and this is why there is Kando territory dispute stretching even to today. Why would there be a territorial borderline dispute with Qingin Eastern Manchuria if Korea was part of Qing as Chinese posters imagine it to be? Why did Qing court say to the French ambassador that Qing's law does not extend to Korea and that the French were on their own?Korea king kowtow to Qing emperor if I remember correctly.