Namwonyangssijongjungmunseo

These are documents kept by the Namwon Yang clan: two hongpae (red certificates) awarded to father and son Yang I-si and Yang Su-saeng for passing the state examinations during the reigns of King Gongmin and King Mu of Goryeo. Yang I-si took first place in the saengwon examination in the second year of King Gongmin's reign (1353), and passed the munkwa civil service examination for the jinsa degree, ranking twenty-second, in the fourth year of King Gongmin's reign (1355). At that time the certificate given to a successful candidate was called wangmyeong (royal command), unlike the gyoji of the Joseon period — the term used from the Joseon dynasty onward for documents by which the king conveyed orders to his subjects or made appointments, replacing the earlier term wangji. The hongpae is written in ink on thick red hanji (traditional Korean paper), measuring 34 cm wide and 64 cm long, slightly smaller than the gyoji certificates of the Joseon period. Yang Su-saeng's hongpae is the certificate he received by royal command after passing the munkwa examination (eulbang category) in second place in the second year of King U (1376), while holding the official post of Jongsarang Jangbok-jikjang. The hongpae is written in ink on red hanji, measuring 34 cm by 65 cm. These documents serve not only as personal proof of achievement but are also valued as important material for studying the format of official documents in the late Goryeo period.

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Region

Sunchang, Jeonbuk

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산