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조선후기 여성의 呈訴活動
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- Issue Date
- 2005-12
- Publisher
- 서울대학교 규장각한국학연구원
- Citation
- 한국문화, Vol.36, pp. 89-123
- Abstract
- In this article, the petition presentation by the females during the latter
half period of the Joseon dynasty is examined through age-old documents.
Results of the examination show that, due to the social environment of the
time which was dominated by the Neo-Confucian ideology and related
customs, there were not so many cases in which females presented petitions
and appeals, and the ratio between males and females varied considerably
among various social classes.
First, in filing an appeal(所志), females from the Scholar-official Houses
referred to themselves by first writing their husbands' ranks and
occupations, followed by the husbands' names, then the letter 'Cheo/妻',
then their own last names, and finally the letter Shi/氏. In essence, they
identified themselves in terms of their marital relationships with their
husbands. On the other hand, females from the lower social classes referred
to themselves by only writing their own last names and a title called 'Sosa/
召史', presenting information directly regarding themselves.
In terms of ratio between social classes and the frequency of petition
presentations, females from the Scholar-official Houses seem like they were
considerably less encouraged to file an appeal or present a petition, and only
widows showed a relatively high percentage of petition presentation. On the
other hand, females from lower classes were highly active in presenting
petitions, and in many cases they either appealed for the welfare of their
husbands(who were in trouble) or for other reasons that not involved their
husbands.
The contents of the appeals and petitions also varied, depending on the
presenter's social status. Females from the Scholar-official Houses appealed
for matters involving establishing successors(立後) or for lawsuits involving
the Houses' burial mountains(山訟), which were deemed adequate in terms
of adhering to the Neo-Confucian order of the society. On the other hand,
females from lower classes appealed for matters that usually happened
everyday on a regular bases, such as matters involving taxation(賦稅,
lawsuits(訴訟), imprisonment(獄訟) and social customs(風俗).
The Joseon society in its latter half period was a society dominated by
Neo-Confucian philosophy, but the power and influence of that philosophy
varied due to differences among social classes. In order to account for such
various appearances of the philosophical and ideological influences, and
achieve understanding of the Joseon dynasty in its latter half period, we
shall examine the various aspects of the people's lives and all their social
status.
- ISSN
- 1226-8356
- Language
- Korean
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