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Treasure
No.941 includes King Seonjo’s Secret
Letter to Song Eon-sin that Joseon’s
King Seonjo sent to him between 1593
and 1599 in the middle of the Japanese
Invasion of Korea, King Jeongjo’s Epilogue
on King Seonjo’s Secret Letter which
King Jeonjo wrote in 1794 and the Ceremonies
Board’s Adoption Approval issued to
Song Eon-sin. |
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| Designation
Number |
Treasure
No.941 |
| Date
of Designation |
December
16, 1987 |
| Age |
18th
year of King Seonjo~18th Year
of King Jeongjo, Joseon Dynasty(1585~1794) |
| Location |
San
66 Simseok-ri, Ganam-myeon, Yeoju-gun,
Gyeonggi-do (presently exhibited
in Gyeonggi-do Museum) |
| Size |
36.6cm*24.2cm(Royal
Letter og King Seonjo), 36.6cm*34.4cm(Epilogue
of King Jeongjo), 92.3cm*55.7cm(Document) |
| Material |
Paper |
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| * King Seonjo’s Secret Letter
to Song Eon-sin |
| This is King Seonjo’s hand-written secret
letters to Song Eon Shin between 1593 and
1599 in the middle of the Japanese Invasion
of Korea in 1592. The secret letters’ contents
were about national defense including the
status of the war and defense of the northern
border. They also include a description of
gifts exchanged between the King and his subjects.
There are 9 pages in total including 7 letters
and two attachments. These letters that were
created and written by King Seonjo have high
literary and artistic value. They are also
precious material for researching the history
of the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592. |
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| * King Jeongjo’s Epilogue on
King Seonjo’s Secret Letter |
| This is an epilogue written by Jeonjo regarding
the Secret Letter of King Seonjo written in
1794 when King Jeongjo saw the secret letter
kept by the descendants of Song Eon Shin.
This Epilogue describes King Seonjo’s seven
letters in detail. |
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| * Ceremonies Board’s Adoption
Approval |
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The
Ceremonies Board issued this document
to Song Eon-sin on February 18, 1585년.
It documents the Board’s approval for
Song’s request to adopt Joon, the second
son of Seunghee and Song’s cousin. Song
did not have his own child. This is
a relatively old document among adoption
related resources, and thus important
material for researching the family
system of early Joseon. |
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