Eup An, Geochang

This is a manuscript measuring 17 cm by 27 cm, made up of 20 sheets in all: fifteen sheets of the Yeongseonsaengan (a register of magistrates), four sheets of the Sama-an (a register of local examination graduates), and one blank sheet. The cover bears the ink-written title "Geochangbu-eup-seonsaeng-an", with the small characters "gapsul sibilwol-il" (a day in the eleventh month of a gapsul year) inscribed to its right, and the first inner page opens with the title "Yeongseonsaengan-deungseo" (a transcribed copy of the Yeongseonsaengan). In the inner pages the Eup An itself is recorded under the title Yeongseonsaengan, and it lists the names of 268 persons in all, from Yi Bang-gye, who took office as magistrate in the tenth month of 1387 (jeongmi, the 20th year of Hongwu), down to Jo Jung-yeop, who took office in the seventh month of 1896 (byeongsin). Among those recorded are Ha Ji-hon, who took office in the fourth month of 1400 (gyeongjin, the 2nd year of Jianwen) and was transferred in the first month of 1402 (imo); Mo Sun, who took office in the third month of 1427 (the 2nd year of Xuande) and resigned in the twelfth month of 1429 (giyu) on the death of a parent; Gim Je-nam, who took office in the eighth month of 1443 (gyehae) and left in 1448 (mujin) to become registrar (jubu) of the Metropolitan Market Office (Gyeongsiseo); Yu Ho-in, who took office in the ninth month of 1479 (gihae) and was transferred in the second month of 1482 (imin); Yi Ro, who took office in the seventh month of 1593 (gyesa) and was transferred that same year in the ninth month; Bak Jeong-wan, who took office through military merit in the eighth month of 1594 (gabo) and was dismissed in the first month of 1595 (eulmi); and Heo Gyo, of namhaeng origin (appointed without passing the state examination), who took office in the fifth month of 1617 (jeongsa) and was transferred in the fourth month of 1619 (gimi) to become magistrate of Saneum. In most cases the months of taking up and leaving office are recorded, and in some cases the previous or subsequent post is also noted; where the subsequent post is not recorded, the reason for leaving office is generally given instead, such as gyepa (dismissal reported to the throne), pyeompa (demotion and dismissal), jogan (resignation on a parent's death), or napa (arrest and dismissal). Beneath each name, moreover, the character mun (civil), mu (military) or nam (namhaeng) is written to distinguish whether the person was a graduate of the civil examination, a graduate of the military examination, or was appointed through namhaeng, without examination. Up to the entry for Gang Jun-su, who took office in the sixth month of 1874 (gapsul), on the fourteenth sheet, the transcribed characters are almost uniform in appearance; from that point on the handwriting is not only uneven but also differs in style, suggesting that the manuscript was first transcribed in 1874, as recorded on the cover. The Sama-an lists the names of 69 persons in all, from Heo Jin-chung, a jinsa (holder of the literary licentiate degree) of the Hayang clan residing in Cheongnim, to Gim Gi-han, a jinsa of the Sangsan clan residing in Hagannam. Beneath each name are generally recorded the year of birth, the courtesy name (ja), and the year the examination was passed, and below that the clan seat (bon-gwan) and place of residence; in some cases the sobriquet (ho) is also recorded, and where a person is the father, son or brother of someone listed earlier, this relationship is likewise noted. The handwriting is the same as that seen in the entries of the Eup An up to 1874.

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Where it is

Region

Geochang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료