Gyehaesagwejangyeoncheop

'Gyehaesagwejangyeoncheop' is the title recorded on the cover of this album of poems, meaning 'a poetry album from the banquet held after the bestowal of a gwejang in the gyehae year'. It is a later transcription based on an album compiled after Chief State Councillor Yi Won-ik (1547-1634) received a gwejang (an armrest and a staff, a mark of high honour bestowed by the king on senior officials) from the king at a banquet held on 6 September 1623 (the first year of King Injo), where the guests present composed celebratory verses that were gathered into an album. After the cover, the first page of the main text carries a preface poem by Yu Geun, Lord Jinwon (1549-1627), followed by a ten-rhyme poem in five-character regulated verse. This is followed by twenty-one poems composed by attendees in the same rhyme scheme, and eleven poems sent after the banquet by those unable to attend. The content of the poems mostly praises Yi Won-ik's virtuous conduct and celebrates the honour of receiving the gwejang. Among the twenty-one people who attended the event in person and the eleven who exchanged verses without attending on the day, many prominent figures of the time took part. The copy held by the Chunghyeon Museum is a transcription made by a single hand based on the original; although it lacks the banquet illustration, it has value as material supplementing the original. Moreover, since albums recording the content of such a gwejang banquet poetry collection are rare, it serves as a useful reference for understanding how the occasion unfolded.

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Where it is

Region

Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산