Daedongbeopsihaeng Memorial

This monument was erected to announce the implementation of the Daedongbeop. The Daedongbeop was a tax system that abolished the earlier practice, long a source of hardship, whereby each region had to pay its local specialities as tribute, requiring rice to be paid instead. It was first implemented in Gyeonggi Province in the 41st year of King Seonjo of Joseon (1608), and in the 2nd year of King Hyojong (1651) Kim Yuk, then serving as governor of Chungcheong Province, petitioned for the Daedongbeop to be extended there, and with the king's permission it was carried out. As this brought good results, easing the burdens of the people who had until then been in difficulty, the king had the achievement commemorated and widely announced to all. The monument has a stele body set on a tortoise-shaped base and is topped with a capstone, though the carving of each part feels somewhat perfunctory. Its original title is "Kim Yuk Daedong Gyunyeok Manse Bulmangbi" ("Monument of Eternal Gratitude for Kim Yuk's Daedong and Gyunyeok Reforms"), also known as the "Hoseo Seonhyebi". The inscription was composed by Yi Min-gu, who had served as Vice-Councillor of the Hongmungwan, the Office of Special Advisors, and the calligraphy was written by O Jun, Right Vice-Councillor of the State Council. Erected in the 10th year of King Hyojong (1659), the monument originally stood about 50 metres from its present site but was moved here in the 1970s.

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Where it is

Region

Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산