Yecheon Gwon Head Family Documents

These documents are held in Baekseunggak Hall, within the head house of the Yecheon Gwon clan. They comprise two works written by the scholar Juksso Gwon Byeol (1589–1671), active under King Injo of Joseon: the Haedong Japnok and the Juksso Ilgi — the earliest works in Korea to arrange biographies by dynasty and person. The Juksso Ilgi is a diary in Gwon Byeol's own hand, in one volume, covering the years 1625 to 1626. The Haedong Japnok is a collection of literary anecdotes in fourteen volumes, which classifies historical figures by dynasty and surname and focuses on their scholarship and the tales told of them. As the earliest biographical dictionary of its kind, it is highly valued.

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Region

Yecheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산