조선후기 동래거주 咸從 魚氏의 武任 家門으로의 성장과 그 사회문화적 의의

Abstract

Hamjong(咸從) Eossi(魚氏) family was one of military families residing in Dongnae(東萊) county. They emigrated and settled down in Dongnae county around the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) and manchu invasions of Korea(1627, 1636). The family are Known as military family but their inside is much more complicated than expectation. The family is dived into three pedigrees that originated from three sons of Eo, Shin-Gae(魚信湝) the progenitor of the family in Dongnae county. Each pedigree is very different in the aspect of social status of its descendants. At the first, descendants of Eo, Bong-In(魚奉仁) the oldest son held not only military officer but also local clerk(吏胥). Originally their position as military officer was mainly low-ranking. But suddenly after the mid-nineteenth century, they got the Choonggoon(中軍) the highest rank of military officer and local clerk(吏胥). The next oldest son-Eo, Bong-Seon(魚奉善)'s descendants also started from low military officer and sometimes they had higher positions such as Byeoljang(別將), Baekchong(百摠). But since then, there's no record of them so regarded as ruined. The youngest son-Eo, Bong-IL(魚奉日)'s pedigree is very special. Their start was not that different from others in the aspect of low-ranking military officer. However, they've made great effort for the seven generation including passing of mukwa(武科及第) and getting a citation for filial conduct. By those things, they've got through higher status and in the mid-nineteenth century, finally turned out the Choonggoon(中軍). In these process, they drew family tree and participated in publication of genealogy. These things were done for establishing the family's noble identity as a posterity of yangban(兩班). And by receiving the citation, they were recognized as the people who practiced well confucianism, regarded as that only yangban could practice, by yangban. On the other hand, there is a noticeable fact in the genealogy. 60% of Eossi who recorded on Mucheongseonsaengan(武廳先生案), the book which records the name of military officer, and Bucheongseonsaengan(府廳先生案), the book which records the name of local clerk(吏胥), weren't found in the genealogy. In Chosun Dynasty, putting one's name on a genealogy was very important because it reflected one's social status. So take these things into consideration, the fact that 60% of the family couldn't put their names on the record means they mostly were ruined. Aspiration for higher status and collapse of sociocultural status, these two antithetic concepts are not only shown in the Hamjong Eossi's case but also reflect social differentiation of military groups in Dongnae county. These differentiation appeared not in turbulent times like war but in peaceful time. It shows that the system of Dongnae county could be stable in such a dynamic and gradual social movement.