This study is about family-inherited old documents in Ahn Jaesul family of Sunheung Ahn clan. Ahn Jaesul is worked as medical officers during the late Joseon Dynasty. He’s family lived in Seoul for generations. This family belongs to the Lord Seopa ...
This study is about family-inherited old documents in Ahn Jaesul family of Sunheung Ahn clan. Ahn Jaesul is worked as medical officers during the late Joseon Dynasty. He’s family lived in Seoul for generations. This family belongs to the Lord Seopa Branch working as a middle class during the late Joseon Dynasty. This family changed its place of residence to the vicinity of Seoul in late 16th century and held military official posts.
The family became active as a middle class family as it produced interpreters. The family-inherited old documents of Ahn Jaesul family include a small quantity of 10 items such as Gosin (告身: certificate of appointment for a government post given by the Court) and Junhogu (準戶口: certified copy of one’s family register). Of these, this research emphasis on Jeonuigam Ibsokcheop (典醫監 入屬帖) and Sajodanja(四祖單子). Specially Sajodanja of a middle class person has never been substantiated until now. There are two Sajodanja in total. It appears that one of them was prepared in 1859 for Anh Gigyeong’s entry into Jeonuigam.
The other document was prepared in 1891 for Ahn Seokhee’s entry into Sayeokwon (government office that was in charge of translating and interpreting foreign languages). The Sajodanja by Ahn Seokhee is stamped with the official seal of Sayeokwon and includes the phrase, ‘Chosun-igyeol’(初 巡貳結) at the bottom part. The fact that such elements are identical to the content of Yangcheong-wancheongi (兩廳完薦記) housed in National Library of Korea implies that a Sajodanja is a document that needs to be referred to government post entry of the middle class.
Jeonuigam Ibsokcheop is a document that informs a person has become a member of Jeonuigam (典醫監: the government office that was in charge of supplying medicine used in the palace and in managing medicine granted by the King). To this date, reserchers find out that there are two Ibsokcheop(1784, which is housed in National Institute of Korean History and one from 1881, which is housed in Kyujanggak). However, in this reserch I found out another Ibsokcheop witten in 1859. As year indicates this Ibsokcheop is witten between the previous two documents(1784 and 1881). These family-inherited documents can be used as a reference when examining the form of Ibsokcheop.