Samtanjip

Samtanjip is the collected works of Yi Seung-so, sobriquet Samtan, a civil official and literary figure active under King Seongjong of Joseon. It survives as a woodblock print in fifteen volumes bound into six books. Yi Seung-so passed the civil service examination in 1447, the 29th year of King Sejong, was awarded the court rank of Jeongheon-daebu in 1481, the 12th year of King Seongjong, and rose through the posts of Minister of Personnel and Minister of Punishments to the position of Jwachamchan (Third State Councillor). A leading literary figure of his day, he had deep learning across ritual and music, medicine, and geography, and in 1474, the fifth year of King Seongjong, he took part with Sin Suk-ju, Gang Ho-maeng and others in compiling the Gukjo-oryeui (Five Rites of State). His posthumous title was Mun-gan. The Cheongju edition of Samtanjip was published by Yi Su-dong, a grandson of Yi Seung-so through his daughter; the Hamheung edition was published in 1513, the eighth year of King Jungjong; and a reprint of the Cheongju edition followed in 1535, the 30th year of King Jungjong. Today, two books of the Cheongju edition of Samtanjip are held at the National Library, while the Hamheung edition remains in the possession of Yi Yong-sin, a descendant of Yi Seung-so.

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Where it is

Region

Chungju, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산