Yeonbangan (1841nyeon)

Yi Jung-hwan's Taengniji contains a passage meaning that half of Joseon's talented men were born in Yeongnam. Jinju in particular produced so many notable figures that the Gang, Ha and Jeong clans all trace their ancestral seat to the city, and the publication of biographical registers flourished there as well. These included the Yeongyean and the hyangan, or local gentry register. The Yeongyean is a roster of the names of people from Jinju who passed the state civil service examinations, while the hyangan is a register of the names of scholars in Jinju who combined learning with virtuous conduct. Descendants of ancestors whose names were recorded in the Joseon-period hyangan and Yeongyean built the Yeongyejae in Okbong-dong, Jinju, where they kept these registers with great care and regarded them as a mark of high honour. The descendants also held meetings at the Yeongyejae, where they settled important local matters by common consensus and responded to the magistrate's requests for advice. These records are valued as important material for examining the standing of the powerful clans that influenced the Jinju region during the Joseon period and the shifting balance of power among them, and were designated as heritage in 2005. They were originally kept at the Yeongyejae in Okbong-dong, Jinju, but because of the high risk of theft they have been entrusted since July 2005 to Muncheongak, the old-book room of the library at Gyeongsang National University.

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Where it is

Region

Jinju, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산