Inpyeongdaegunchijemun Gate Stele

The Inpyeongdaegun Chijemun Stele is a stele inscribed with the chijemun read at the memorial rites for Prince Inpyeong (1622–1658). A chijemun is a eulogy that the king bestowed when he sent an official to conduct memorial rites for a person of outstanding merit. Prince Inpyeong was King Injo's third son and a younger brother of King Hyojong. Two chijemun steles stand in the burial ground, each inscribed with royal eulogies composed and brushed by the kings themselves: one bearing the eulogies of King Hyojong and King Sukjong, the other bearing those of King Yeongjo, King Jeongjo and King Sunjo. The first stele was erected in 1724, the fourth year of King Gyeongjong. Its front face bears the eulogy composed by King Hyojong, its characters assembled from King Hyojong's own letters to match the text, while its rear face bears the eulogy personally composed and written by King Sukjong. The circumstances of its erection were recorded separately by Prince Inpyeong's grandson, Yi Hwan, Yangwon-gun, and the jeonaek, the stele's title inscribed in seal script, was written by Yi Yo, Seopyeong-gun. The other stele was erected in 1792, the sixteenth year of King Jeongjo, with the eulogy of King Yeongjo carved at the top of the front face, that of King Jeongjo in the middle, and that of King Sunjo at the bottom, all in the kings' own hand. The eulogies of King Yeongjo and King Jeongjo were carved when the stele was first erected, while that of King Sunjo was added later. The Inpyeongdaegun Chijemun Stele is the only stele on which the writings and calligraphy of five Joseon kings can be seen in one place.

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Where it is

Region

Pocheon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산