Osanchanguibi and Changuisa, Jangseong

"Jangseong Nammun Changui" refers to the raising of a righteous army (uibyeong) at the south gate of Jangseong during the Japanese invasion of 1592, the twenty-fifth year of King Seonjo. Kim Gyeong-su, Kim Je-min, Gi Hyo-gan, Yun Jin and others gathered righteous-army volunteers across the Jeolla region, and with the cooperation of Yi Gwi, then magistrate of Jangseong, set up a righteous-army headquarters at the south gate and carried out their campaign from there. Kim Gyeong-su served as the alliance's leader and Kim Je-min as righteous-army commander; advancing north, they fought the Japanese invaders and won great merit and many victories before falling in battle. This stele was erected to honour their loyalty. The stele housed within the stele pavilion has its body set on a square pedestal stone and is capped with a roof stone, following the style seen in the late Joseon period. A distinctive feature of the stele is that it carries two titles: one, inscribed vertically in the centre of the front, reads "Honam Eosan Nammun Changuibi"; the other, engraved horizontally across the top of the back and both sides, reads "Yumyeong Joseon Honam Eosan Nammun Changuibi", a formal phrasing that identifies Joseon as a state under the Ming order. On the front, flanking the title, are recorded the names of 77 key members of the righteous army, grouped by status; these include the names of government slaves and other lowborn commoners. The stele was erected in the second year of King Sunjo (1802) by Confucian scholars of the Honam region; the inscription was composed by Minister Hong Yang-ho, and the calligraphy was done by Hwang Seung-won.

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Where it is

Region

Jangseong, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산