Royal Certificate of Meritorious Subject Issued to Yi Heon-guk

This hoseong-gongsin gyoseo (扈聖功臣敎書), a royal certificate conferring meritorious-subject status, was issued to Yi Heon-guk in 1604, after the Japanese invasions of Korea, in recognition of his service in attending King Seonjo and the crown prince as they fled during the war. The Hoseong Meritorious Subjects were the officials who had accompanied the king all the way from Seoul to Uiju (義州); they were ranked into three grades according to merit, and eighty-six men in all were honoured — two men, including Yi Hang-bok (李恒福), in the first grade; thirty-one men, including Yi Won-ik, in the second grade; and fifty-three men, including Jeong Tak, in the third grade. Yi Heon-guk was recorded second on the list of third-grade meritorious subjects. This royal certificate is valuable not only as biographical material on Yi Heon-guk but also as an important source for research into the history of the Imjin War and into old documents generally.

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Where it is

Region

Suseong-gu, Daegu

Designation

Treasure · 보물