유제양(柳濟陽:1846~1922)의가족과 친족 교류－『시언(是言)』을 중심으로－

Abstract

This study examines the Yu Je Yang’s family and kindred in late Choseon dynasty. In Korean academia, many scholars have stressed that kinship in late Chosun period was more skewed toward the paternal side rather than the maternal side. After the war in 16th century, there was a need of reestablishing the Confucian social order. The Yangban elite tried to recover their social identity by reconstructing tradition and concentrating power through the paternal group with the same surname. This concrete bondage among paternal kins formed political allies and served as Yangbans’ self-protection tool. In short, the paternal kinship was dominantly emphasized in the late Chosun dynasty. However, this study suggests that the previously common notion of paternal kinship in late Chosun dynasty should be reconsidered. This study found that Yu Je Yang did interact with diverse kin relations, not only from the paternal side but also from his maternal side and the in-laws. This paper examines the material, emotional interaction between Yu Je Yang’s paternal kins as compared to that between his non-paternal kins. After the first-son’s early death, the patriarchal duty was executed by the old Yu Je Yang, therefore he did his best to provide emotional and material support to his direct offsprings. After the daughters’ death due to illness, the remarried son-in-laws visited in order to talk and participate in the Yu’s ceremony and mourning as well as his offsprings’ education and marriage on which Yu Je Yang was mainly involved. Therefore, the phrase that “after the marriage, the daughters should be out of their homes(出嫁外人) was not valid in Yu family. Such kinship interaction can also be found in the Koryo era where several layers of kinship existed as an individual’s sponsor. The sponsoring from several and diverse kins maximized benefit at the individual and familial level. Even in Confucian society where paternal side was seemingly emphasized, the importance of interaction between diverse kins cannot be ignored.