Analysis of Local Aristocrats (士族) in the Asan Area During the Chosŏn Era as Viewed Through the Sama pangmok(司馬榜目)
Journal Title: International Journal of Korean History - Year 2005, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Various significant studies have been conducted on the aristocrats who ruled over local communities (在地士族, chaeji sajok) during the Chosŏn era. As part of its efforts to secure the basic information needed to perpetuate its colonial rule over Korea, the Japanese colonial government launched several investigations into the state of the hyanggyo (鄕校, county schools) and sŏwŏn (書院, private academies) which served as the main sources of the local aristocrats power, as well as into local organizations such as the hyangyak (鄕約, village code) and kye (契, groups of individuals who pooled financial resources for loans and investment purposes). These basic materials in turn yielded many studies after liberation in 1945 on various aspects of the local aristocracy (sajok), such as the structure, management, and change in the local village control system. Nevertheless, basic tasks such as the compilation of lists of the aristocrats in local areas have yet to be carried out. This oversight can mainly be explained by the fact that existing studies have for the most part relied on ancient documents such as the hyangan (鄕案, register of local aristocrats), kyosaengan (校生案, register of aristocrats who attended the hyanggyo), hyanggyu (鄕規, autonomous village regulations), hyangyak, and ŭpchi (邑誌, topographies of all districts/ township annals).
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Jung-joo Lee
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