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Abstract

Chunghunbu(Merit Awards Administration) was a first rank public office(guanbu, 官府) of gongsin(meritorious subjects). Its members included gongsin and their descendants. It was also responsible for the overall operations. Chunghunbu was responsible for identifying, appointing, honoring, and proving the status of the descendants of meritorious subjects according to the regulations for honoring(yewoo, 禮遇) the descendants of gongshin after gongsin nokhun(錄勳). The gongsin jeokjang gujeon of the Chunghunbu identifies, appoints, and honors the descendants of the meritorious subjects. This process can be examined through the “Chunghunbu Records” and various ancient documents(古文書). First, the “gujeondanja(口傳單子)” that requests the oral tradition of the gongsin jeokjang is received by the Chunghunbu, and the Chunghunbu dangsang(堂上) issues a jessa(題辭) to carry out this request. Second, the Chunghunbu sends the gyemok (啓目) that requests the gongsin jeokjang gujeon to the king to receive approval. Third, the Chunghunbu, which received the gujeon of the king, issues the “jeokjang chunguiwi(嫡長忠義衛) gujeon chacheob(口傳差帖)”. Fourth, the gongsinjeokjang is appended(付祿) to the chungjwawi(忠佐衛) cheajik(遞兒職). The myeonsin(免新) and heochamnye(許參禮) are held before and after the gongsin jeokjang gujeon; the document issued here is the “iban(立案)” This is a certificate of completion of the myeonsin and heochamnye. According to regulations, the myeonsin and heochamnye are performed after the gongsin jeokjang gujeon of the Chunghunbu. Chunguicheong, an affiliated agency of Chunghunbu, also consisted of gongsin jeokjang among the descendants of gongsin. This agency was involved in matters related to the descendants of gongsin, including various appointments, confirming their naeryeok(來歷), sakan(削案), and bokan(復案). Among these responsibilities, its primary duty was to investigate the authenticity of the gongsin jeokjang. In the late Joseon Dynasty, as fraudulent recordings(morok, 冒錄) became more frequent in chunguiwi(忠義衛), the rank of the descendants of gongsin, Chunguicheong served the role of identifying such cases.