Gwanggukjigyeongnok Woodblocks

These woodblocks are carved with poems celebrating the correction, in 1744, the twentieth year of King Yeongjo, of the genealogy of the Joseon royal house, which had been wrongly recorded in the Ming dynasty's Taejo Sillok (Veritable Records of Emperor Taizu) and the Daemyeonghoejeon (Collected Statutes of the Great Ming). The woodblocks measure 58 cm wide and 30 cm high, and number 22 in total. The error arose because Yi Seong-gye, founder of Joseon and posthumously honoured as King Taejo, was wrongly recorded in Chinese histories as the son of the Goryeo official Yi In-im. From the early Joseon period until 1584, the seventeenth year of King Seonjo, Joseon repeatedly sent envoys to have the record corrected, but Ming China continued to refuse. In 1584 Hwang Jeong-uk and other envoys succeeded in having the entry in the Taejo Sillok corrected; in 1587 Yu Hong travelled to China again and obtained the section of the revised Daemyeonghoejeon relating to Joseon; and in 1589 Yun Geun-su, sent as an envoy to the Ming court, brought back the revised Daemyeonghoejeon itself. In 1590, nineteen officials judged to have contributed most to this achievement were selected and, divided into three ranks, enfeoffed as meritorious subjects. The achievement was reported at Jongmyo Shrine and celebratory poems were composed; these were later published in 1701, the twenty-seventh year of King Sukjong, together with writings and poems by the king. They were published again in 1744, the twentieth year of King Yeongjo, this time including a preface by King Yeongjo and a response poem by Yu Hong along with the other celebratory verses. These particular woodblocks are said to have been made by Yu Eon-eok, based on the 1744 edition, sometime before 1771, the forty-seventh year of King Yeongjo, so that copies could be distributed among members of his family.

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Where it is

Region

Boeun, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산