조선후기 마을의 동답과 동정을 위한 협동 -전라도 광주 양과동계와 공공지물(公共之物)-

Abstract

This study examines the contents of commons to maintain and sustain the village pact(Kye) organized in the village in the late Choson Dynasty, and identified the contents of the members' cooperation to maintain and sustain them. The subject of the study is Yanggwadong Kye and its old documents, which are still operating in Gwangju, Jeolla-do. The village established Kye in 1604 and revised it in 1740. When creating the Kye, it was equipped with shared assets and village pavilion necessary for weddings and funerals. The assets were used by the members of the village pact, but they were repaired, purchased and maintained by receiving a usage fee, and village pavilion was the meeting space for the members. For the stable operation of the system, a village land was prepared using grains raised by the members of the Kye in 1663. In 1694, the value of this land was named as ‘righteousness land(義田)’, the basis for wedding and funeral ceremony, and was confirmed by the government as ‘public assets for the Kye(公共之物)’. After 1786, the Kye continued to repair the village hall or hall for Kye. In the late Choson Dynasty, Yanggwadong established village pact and continued cooperation to maintain and sustain the value of reciprocity given by various types of commons.