Books and Documents held at Uiseong Obong Head House

Obong is the pen name of Sin Ji-je (1562–1624), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period, and the holdings consist of original manuscripts and old documents related to Sin Ji-je, his son Sin Hong-mang (1600–?), and their descendants. They were designated a Gyeongsangbuk-do Tangible Cultural Heritage on 3 March 2003, and are currently deposited and kept at the Korean Studies Institute. Ji-je was from Uiseong, of the Aju Sin clan, and after passing the special jeunggwang civil service examination in 1589, the twenty-second year of King Seonjo, he held a series of important posts both in the capital and in the provinces. While serving as magistrate of Changwon he received a royal edict and was promoted to the rank of Tongjeong daebu for his achievement in capturing the bandit gang of Jeong Dae-rip, and under King Injo he served as a royal secretary. He founded Jangdae Seowon in Uiseong and devoted himself to educating the sons of the local gentry, and after his death he was enshrined and honoured at this academy. His writings include the four-volume Obongjip (Collected Works of Obong). Sin Ji-je's son Sin Hong-mang, whose pen name was Hosong, passed the examination in 1639, the seventeenth year of King Injo, and served as a royal secretary and censor; he was once exiled to Byeokdong, but under King Hyojong he served as an inspector and magistrate of Punggi. His writings include the two-volume Hosongjip (Collected Works of Hosong). The holdings comprise eight titles in five volumes, 78 sheets in all. Among these, the original manuscripts number six titles: the Yeongnam Dongdo Hoecheop, the Jangsa Mongnok, the Joseon Paldo Jido (Map of the Eight Provinces of Joseon, estimated to date from the late seventeenth century), the Jaesa Jong-ui, the Gumibo Sinjang Domok Wan-ui, and drafts of memorials in Obong's own hand such as the Gapjin Geolmul Jeolwae Saso, together with other memorial drafts found in his collected works. The Jangsa Mongnok is a diary that Sin Hong-mang wrote in 1652, the third year of King Hyojong, when he was exiled to Byeokdong in Pyeongan-do following an impeachment case, and the Jaesa Jong-ui is a set of clan resolutions concerning memorial rites for the deceased, grave rites, and grave land. The Gumibo Sinjang Domok Wan-ui is a record of the history and resolutions concerning the Gumi irrigation weir built by Sin Ji-je, listing the number of paddies benefiting, the names of the cultivators, and the amount of water tax. The old documents include 49 sheets of royal appointment certificates and official notices belonging to Sin Ji-je and his son, two royal instructions, one royal edict, three examination papers, two wedding invitations, three of Sin Ji-je's salary certificates, 22 household registration certificates, and one adoption document of Sin Do-il establishing an heir to the head family. The holdings are not only diverse in kind but also hold high cultural and historical value as material for studying the conditions, laws and customs of the time and the scale of this family's property. In particular, the Gumibo Sinjang Domok Wan-ui is a historical source containing important content relevant to the study of the history of water management, including the construction of irrigation weirs and the collection of water taxes in the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Uiseong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산