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=='''4. Community-Building in Local Society'''==
 
=='''4. Community-Building in Local Society'''==
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While life in Chosŏn Korea in many ways was defined by a remarkable level of political centralization and the increasing penetration of Neo-Confucian culture into all levels of society, local communities still enjoyed a high degree of autonomy and regional distinctiveness. The two texts selected for this section exemplify ways in which village-level society maintained and carried out local forms of government.
 
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No discussion of Late-Chosŏn local society is complete without a mention of the so-called community compact (Kor. hyangyak). Modelled after the ideas of Zhu Xi (1130–1200),<ref>Zhu Xi’s community compact (Ch. xiangyue) was presented in his Lü Family Community Compact, Amended and Emended (Zengsun Lü-shi xiangyue), which, as the title implies, was based on the already existing Lü Family Community Compact (Lü-shi xiangyue), written by Lü Dajun (1031–1082) a century prior.</ref>  this institution increasingly gained popularity in Korea starting in the latter half of the sixteenth century.<ref>Ch'a Yonggŏl (車勇杰). “Hyangyak ŭi sŏngnip kwa sihaeng kwajŏng (鄕約의 成立과 施行過程).” Han'guk saron (韓國史論) 8, 1980: 189–207.</ref>  Like Zhu Xi before them, Korean literati perceived the compact as an instrument for popular education and edification, which circumvented the need for coercive indoctrination and punitive legalism. In its simplest form, the compact consisted of an agreement entered by all community members, regardless of social status, encouraging them to help each other to act virtuously, to correct each other’s faults, to jointly participate in ritual activity, and to assist each other in times of calamity. Yet, despite the noble intentions that lay at its base, the compact came to function mainly as a tool for provincial yangban seeking to control their communities, while at the same time solidifying local autonomy.<ref>Kwon, Nae-Hyun. “Rural Society and Zhu Xi’s Community Compact.” In Everyday Life in Joseon-Era Korea: Economy and Society. Translated by Edward Park and Michael D. Shin; edited by Michael D. Shin. Leiden: Global Oriental, 2014: 145–154.</ref>
 
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Although we should not underestimate the importance of the community compact in the late Chosŏn period, we also need to qualify the same. The texts show two examples of agreements entered by village residents. Both sought to regulate collective life, but they differed in important ways, telling us something about the complexity and reality of village life as well as the part played by the Neo-Confucian compact therein.
 
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The first text is from Yangjwa Village in Kyŏngju, Kyŏngsang Province, and dates from 1609. It declares a village-wide prohibition on diverting water from the newly constructed dam and irrigation canal and was intermittently reaffirmed throughout the seventeenth century. Its immediate goal was the protection of common economic interests. Attached was a list twenty-two names. These were the members of the village association (Kor. tongyak) and it is apparent that they were all men of high social status, provincial yangban turned community leaders. Significantly, the overwhelming majority belonged to either the Kyŏngju Son or the Yŏju Yi, indicating the preeminent psosition occupied by these two families in the village. Furthermore, the indented names signify concubine descent, which condemned these men to a lower social status, revealing something about status hierarchies in rural Chosŏn. The origins of this form of communal regulation are uncertain, but it likely contained elements that predate the introduction of the Neo-Confucian community compact in Korea.<ref>Kim Yongdŏk (金龍德). “Hyangyak kwa hyanggyu (鄕約과 鄕規).” Han'guk saron (韓國史論) 8, 1980: 208–227.</ref>
 
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The second text is from Tunya, 3rd village, in Yangju, Kyŏnggi Province, and probably dates from the eighteenth century. It declares a village compact concerning mutual help in times of bereavement and crisis. The nature of this document differs greatly from the first in its Neo-Confucian rhetoric and focus on ritual propriety even when discussing financial hardship. Of the two, this text most clearly reflects the ideals of Zhu Xi’s community compact.
 
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As these two documents show, village communities in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Chosŏn Korea enjoyed some local autonomy although their politics tended toward domination by local yangban, even as their position was weakening toward the end of the dynasty.<ref>Kim Hyŏk (김혁). “18–19 segi hyangyak ŭi silch'ŏn kwa sahoe kwan'gye ŭi pyŏnhwa: Ch'ungch'ŏng-do Kyŏlsŏng-hyŏn p'ogu maŭl Sŏngho-ri ŭi sarye rŭl t'onghaesŏ (18~19세기 鄕約의 실천과 사회관계의 변화: 충청도 결성현 포구 마을 星湖里의 사례를 통해서).” Han'guk munhwa (한국문화) 66, 2014: 271–306.</ref>  They also hint at the variety of communal arrangements that existed in Korean villages, going beyond the community compact and defying straightforward categorization. Oftentimes, several provisions would overlap so that one village could have both an economic-interest association consisting of local yangban and a broader, more porous compact membership geared toward moral cultivation.<ref>Kim Hyŏngyŏng (김현영). “Chosŏn chunghugi Kyŏngju Yangjwa-dong ch'ollak chojik kwa kŭ sŏngkyŏk (조선 중후기 경주 양좌동의 촌락 조직과 그 성격).” Yŏngnamhak (嶺南學) 17, 2010: 383–410.</ref>  Yet it is seldom obvious whether a line can or should be drawn between these various forms of community-building arrangements.
 
  
 
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2016년 7월 31일 (일) 17:01 판

Introduction

This page lists various Korean Studies primary source documents in translation, with a focus on historical documents from the Joseon Dynasty. The documents are categorized into four sections: Royal Documents, Literati Writings, Social Life and Economic Strategies, and Community-Building in Local Society. Clicking on the individual texts will lead to a page which includes the the primary source document in both its translation and original form, discussion questions, further readings, and images of the original documents. By clicking on a key concept, you will be taken to a page which lists all the currently available primary source documents related to that key concept.

1. Royal Documents

Title Key Concepts Year/Period Document Type Translator
1 Decree Appointing Yi Sunsin to Concurrently Hold the Position of Naval Commander of the Three Provinces of Ch'ungch'ŏng, Chŏlla, and Kyŏngsang

(敎 兼忠淸全羅慶尙等三道水軍統制使 李舜臣書)

  • Imjin War
  • Yi Sunsin
  • Japan-Korea Relations
1597 Decree Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
2 Instructions for the Secret Tally

(密符諭書)

  • Imjin War
  • Yi Sunsin
  • Japan-Korea Relations
Instruction Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
3 Letter of Instruction Appointing Yi Tammyŏng as Provincial Governor of Kyŏngsang Province, Concurrently Army and Navy Commander, Border Inspector and Magistrate of T’aegu

(敎慶尙道觀察使 兼兵馬水軍節度使 巡察使 大丘府使 李聃命 書)

Letter Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program

2. Literati Writings

Title Key Concepts Year/Period Document Type Translator
1 Resignation of Cho Sik in the Eulmyo Year

(丹城縣監辭職疏)

  • Cho Sik
1555 Resignation Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
2 On Physiognomy

()

  • Chŏng Yagyong
Essay Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
3 An Essay on Bold People

(豪民論)

Essay Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program


3. Social Life and Economic Strategies

Title Key Concepts Year/Period Document Type Translator
1 Record of the Property Distribution among Brothers from March 11th, 1601

(萬曆二十九年二月初七日同生和會文記)

  • Neo-Confucianism
  • Gender
  • Property
  • Inheritance
1601 Record Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
2 Record of the Property Distribution among Brothers from 1621

(天啓元年四月十九日, 同生和會文記)

  • Neo-Confucianism
  • Gender
  • Property
  • Inheritance
1621 Record Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
3 Property Distribution Record from the Meeting of the Hach'an-siblings

(河鑽娚妹和會文記)

  • Neo-Confucianism
  • Gender
  • Property
  • Inheritance
1757 Record Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program

4. Community-Building in Local Society

Title Key Concepts Year/Period Document Type Translator
1 Declaration of Prohibitions from Yangjwa Village

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1609 Declaration Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
2 Village Compact from Tunya, 3rd Village

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Compact Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program
3 Worried about a Disaster, Old Woman Offers (Her Granddaughter) as Concubine

(老媼慮患納小室)

Story Participants of 2016 Jangseogak Hanmun Workshop Program


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