『진자미전래상급용하구별책』의 내용과 자료적 가치 = The Contents and Value of 『The Book of Income and Expenditure of Rice and Money for Famine Relief』

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This article was written to describe the contents and value of the recently discovered 『Jinja Mijeon Raesang geup Yongha Gubyeolchaik(The Book of Income and expenditure of rice and money for famine relief)』. The Book is a detailed description of the financial resources and progress of famine relief system(賑恤制), which was implemented in Suncheon in 1877. It shows the details of the famine relief system’s process, such as the method of securing financial resources, transportation of financial resources, implementation of famine relief, and various miscellaneous expenses incurred in the famine relief system process.
This data shows that Jeolla-do and Suncheon-bu responded appropriately to the given conditions in the face of a large scale of bad harvests. And in the background, there was a brothel that could be used as a financial resource. In addition, the active cooperation of competent local officials and local officials was another reason for the success.
The Book is an important historical sources to look at Famine relief system (賑恤制) after the implementation of the Sachang system(社倉制), which remains a gap in research. This material reveals the specific facts of Famine relief system and shows the relationship between Famine relief system and Sachang system. In addition, it provides a clue to the existence of local Confucian scholars and Hyang-ri(a local official) in Suncheon. In that sense, it has the another value of historical material. With this discovery, it is hoped that similar materials undiscovered in other provinces will be newly excavated and further research will be made.