Yeonbangnok

This is a register recording the names of those who passed the saengwon and jinsa examinations, the lower level (sogwa) of the samasi, one of the state examinations (gwageo) of the Joseon dynasty. According to the "Yuhan japnok" chapter of the Daedong yasung (a compilation of unofficial histories), saengwon and jinsa graduates were also known as "yeonbang" or "sama." The successful candidates recorded number twenty-four in total, from Kim Yang-pil, who passed during the reign of King Myeongjong, to Kim Gun-hyeong, who passed in the Sinmyo examination of 1874, the eleventh year of Emperor Gojong. Beneath each name, in small characters, are recorded the candidate's courtesy name (ja) and the sexagenary-cycle year of his birth, and below that the posthumous title of the reigning king at the time of his success together with the Ming reign-era name, followed by his ancestral seat (bon-gwan) and the names of his descendants. The Yeonbangnok is valued as important evidence for the history of the state examinations held on Jeju Island during the Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Jeju City, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산