Family Register of Hwaryeong-bu Prefecture Written in the Late Goryeo Dynasty

This household register was drawn up in 1390, the second year of King Gongyang of Goryeo, at Yeongheung, the ancestral home of Yi Seong-gye (1335–1408), King Taejo, who founded Joseon. Goryeo aristocrats drew up their household registers once every three years, in two copies: one was reported to the government office, and the owner kept the other. This appears to be the copy Yi Seong-gye kept himself. The document states Yi Seong-gye's offices and stipend, and includes the name of Yi Bang-won, later King Taejong. It also records the children, brothers, sons-in-law and slaves living with Yi Seong-gye as head of the household. Written before he founded Joseon, it is a reference for tracing his lineage and a very precious source for the study of the household register system of the time.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보