Documents and Manuscripts of Jeong Tak

Documents and Manuscripts of Jeong Tak - Yakpo Yugo and Old Documents comprises the writings and papers preserved in the relic hall built to commemorate the memory of Jeong Tak, pen name Yakpo (1526-1605), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period, and to preserve and manage the relics he left behind. Jeong Tak was a disciple of Yi Hwang. He passed the civil service examination in 1558 and rose to the post of Daesaheon, Inspector-General. When the Japanese invasion of 1592 broke out, he accompanied the king as far as Uiju in the post of Jwachanseong, a Second State Councillor. He showed outstanding ability in astronomy, geography and military affairs, and during the war he recommended capable generals such as Gwak Jae-u and Kim Deok-ryeong. In March 1597, when Yi Sun-sin was about to die in prison, Jeong Tak strongly intervened and saved him. His writings include the Yakpojip and the Yongmanmun'gyeollok. The collection consists of one certificate of appointment for Lord Jeonggang, Jeong Tak's posthumous title; one scroll bearing the Wiseong Meritorious Subject certificate; the two-volume Yongsa Ilgi, a wartime diary; one volume of the Yongsa Japnok, miscellaneous wartime records; one volume of the Yongmanmun'gyeollok, records of what he saw and heard at Uiju; one volume of the Imjin'girok, a record of the Imjin War; one volume of King Seonjo's poem in his own hand; two volumes of Yakpo's own writings in his own hand; two volumes of Yakpo's own letters in his own hand; one volume of King Seonjo's draft writing in his own hand; one album of poems and paintings from a banquet for elderly officials; an official's headpiece; an inkstone and inkstone case; and other items. These are valuable materials for the study of official documents of the Joseon period, and are prized as sources for research into the society of the time, in particular the period of the Imjin War.

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Yecheon, Gyeongbuk

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Treasure · 보물