(Translation) 1669年 金命說 分財記
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| Genre | Old Documents (文書) | |
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| Translator(s) | Participants of 2017 Summer Hanmun Workshop (Advanced Translation Group) | |
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| Year | 2017 | |
목차
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Original Script
- 3 Translation
- 3.1 Student 1 : (Write your name)
- 3.2 Student 2 : (Write your name)
- 3.3 Student 3 : (Write your name)
- 3.4 Student 4 : (Write your name)
- 3.5 Student 5 : (Write your name)
- 3.6 Student 6 : (Hu Jing)
- 3.7 Student 7 : King Kwong Wong
- 3.8 Student 8 : (Write your name)
- 3.9 Student 9 : (Write your name)
- 3.10 Student 10 : (Write your name)
- 3.11 Student 11 : (Write your name)
- 3.12 Student 12 : (Write your name)
- 3.13 Student 13 : (Write your name)
- 3.14 Student 14 : (Jaeyoon Song)
- 4 Further Readings
Introduction
Original Script
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Translation
Student 1 : (Write your name)
- Discussion Questions:
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Are there cases in the Korean tradition of adopting daughters?
What is the practice of adopting children in modern Korea? When a couple can not have children, does they adopt a relative's child as it was in the past?
Student 2 : (Write your name)
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Student 3 : (Write your name)
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Student 4 : (Write your name)
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Student 5 : (Write your name)
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Student 6 : (Hu Jing)
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Q-11: As we know, a contract is sort of an agreetment between two individuals. But when Jeong Misu wrote the contract documents to his wife, we cannot find his wife's name at the end of the document. Was it still valid?
Q-11&12: In the Joseon dynasty, was it a convention to invite witnesses when making the document? What kind of people could be the witness? It seems the witnesses conventionally consists of the person writing the documents himself, close relatives, and local literati with high reputation.
Student 7 : King Kwong Wong
- Discussion Questions:
- In general, what is the relationship between the lineage heir (the one who continue the main lineage) and his brothers? How did the responsible of sacrificial rite matter in this regard? What benefits did it bring to the lineage heir?
- For no.9, what were the reasons for the Choson society to change the inheritance practice in line with that of the Confucian ideal promoted bu Zhu Xi?
- In the case of no.10, where the lineage heir was an adoptive son, while the biological son became the successor of the deceased younger brother, would it cause confusion and conflict to future generations as to who or which branch should continue the main lineage? Or in other words, did biological relations matter? How effective was the legal document to ensure the maintenance of lineage?
Student 8 : (Write your name)
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Student 9 : (Write your name)
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Student 10 : (Write your name)
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Student 11 : (Write your name)
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Student 12 : (Write your name)
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Student 13 : (Write your name)
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Student 14 : (Jaeyoon Song)
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Document #9: 1.How do you think the principle of primogeniture served the interests of the Kim family? 2. Why do you think the Kims accepted Zhu Xi's family rituals? 3. According to the document, how were the sacrificial rites generally practiced in late 17th century Joseon? 4. How are we to understand the grave social changes that took place in 17th century Korea? Was it merely the Confucianization of Korea? Or do we have another term to identify such changes?
Document # 10: 1. Why did Kim Beon adopt the son of his diseased brother in the first place? 2. Given the ways in which the family properties were distributed among the three children of his (one adopted, the other two biological), what do you think was the most important principle of property division at this time of Joseon? 3. What can we make of the sacrificial rites they practiced? What were social, economic, and religious roles of the sacrificial rites at the time?
Document #11 and #12: 1. Why do you think Jeong Misu created this document? 2. How does this document serve Jeong's legitimate wife?
