Gimseungjusamgongsinhoemaengnokpanbon

The Hoemaengnok (Record of the Covenant Oath) is a text carved onto woodblocks and printed, recording an oath sworn to Heaven in the eleventh month of 1404, the fourth year of King Taejong, by 66 living meritorious subjects belonging to the three groups of merit subjects: the Gaeguk (Founding) Merit Subjects, the Jeongsa (State-Rectifying) Merit Subjects, and the Jwamyeong (Enthronement-Assisting) Merit Subjects. This is the Hoemaengnok belonging to Kim Seung-ju (1354-1424), kept by his family. Kim Seung-ju rose through the military ranks during the turbulent transition from Goryeo to Joseon, and for his part in the political conflict known as Bak Po's Rebellion he was named a fourth-class Jwamyeong Merit Subject. He subsequently served as Minister of Works and Minister of War, among other posts, and was ennobled as Buwongun (Prince of the Consort's Clan) of Pyeongyang. After his death, the state bestowed on him the posthumous title "Yanggyeong". This printed edition is thought most likely to have been printed and issued sometime between 1404, the fourth year of King Taejong, and 1407, his seventh year; it survives in essentially its original form, with only slight damage to part of the lower left area. It has since been backed with dark red cloth for conservation. As there are few known examples of printed and circulated old documents predating the seventeenth century, this edition, presumed to date from the first half of the fifteenth century, is highly valued as a historical source for its rarity.

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Where it is

Region

Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산