Yi Clan Inheritance Record

This is a property division record written by Lady Yi of Yongin — mother of Sin Saimdang and maternal granddaughter of Choe Eung-hyeon, who is enshrined at Hyanghyeonsa Shrine in Gangneung — setting out how she divided her property among her five daughters. It takes the form of a scroll of hanji paper, its classical Chinese text annotated with idu, a system of using Chinese characters to render Korean grammatical particles. As with property documents and legal texts generally, the sense of a classical Chinese text could change depending on how it was parsed when read, so it was customary to add idu markers at the end of clauses to fix the meaning. This document is valued as important evidence for understanding the principles governing the division of property and the scope of inheritance in the Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Gangneung, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산