Byeonjungnyang Chundangjip Woodblocks and Byeongyeryang Chunjeongjip Woodblocks

These are the printing woodblocks for the collected writings of Byeon Jung-nyang (pen name Chundang), a civil official of early Joseon, and for the practical writings of his younger brother Byeon Gye-ryang (pen name Chunjeong), carved on pear wood some 500 years ago. (1) Woodblocks of the Chundangjip. The Chundangjip woodblocks are the printing blocks for Byeon Jung-nyang's collected poems and prose, published in two volumes bound as one book in 1823, the twenty-third year of King Sunjo; the preface was written by Jo In-yeong. Byeon Jung-nyang was the elder brother of Byeon Gye-ryang and son-in-law of Yi Won-gye, the half-brother of Yi Seong-gye; he passed the state civil service examination at the end of Goryeo and entered official life, but in 1398, during the First Strife of Princes, he was branded a member of Jeong Do-jeon's faction and put to death. He was skilled in poetry and was enshrined for ritual veneration at Byeongam Seowon in Gajo, which no longer survives. (2) Woodblocks of the Chunjeongjip. The collected writings were gathered and compiled by Jeong Cheok, an official of Pansungmunwonsa and a disciple of Byeon Gye-ryang, and the manuscript was then edited and finalised at the Hall of Worthies (Jiphyeonjeon) at the order of King Sejong. The woodblocks were first carved and the book first published in Miryang in 1442, the twenty-fourth year of King Sejong, by Gwon Maeng-son, another disciple of Byeon Gye-ryang who was then serving as governor of Gyeongsang Province. The original Chunjeongjip comprises twelve volumes: volumes 1 to 4 contain lyric verse and poetry; volume 5, records, prefaces, miscellaneous writings and discourses; volume 6, memorials to the throne and petitions; volume 8, policy essays and royal edicts; volume 9, memorials of congratulation; volume 10, official communications; volume 11, examination questions, eulogies and prayer texts; and volume 12, epitaphs and inscriptions, among other writings. Byeon Gye-ryang passed the state civil service examination in 1407, the seventh year of King Taejong of Joseon, and after holding a succession of offices served for over twenty years as Daejehak, the highest-ranking academic post in charge of literary composition. He excelled in prose and poetry and left behind a large body of writing.

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Region

Geochang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산