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Abstract

This paper is a case study of the household and office activities of Chung Ho-nam, who servedas the leader of the Waeim office in the times of King Jeongjo and was from Yeong Gwang. This study examined how Chung Ho-nam chose the path of mu-shin based on his background, and looked into the specific track of Jeong Ho-nams career after p assing t he s tates military examination. So, this study grasped the character of Jeong Ho-nam, who worked as a military leader in the times of King Jeongjo. The ancient documents related to Jeong Ho Nam are the documents were handed to the household of Yeong Seong-jeong, hunryeongongpa family, settled in Bulgapm-myeon, Yeonggwang-gun. In comparison with literary officers, there were no many documents of military officers and studies on military officers were poor, so the discovery of ancient documents regarding Jeong Ho-nam is meaningful as a case study. Jeong Ho-nam was one of military officers whose name appeared in the existing historical documents of servants of the government offices. However, he was a real person who existed in history. The documents about him, discovered, prove the fact that he was a military officer in the times of King Jeongjo and will be of help to case studies of military officers in that time. Ancestors of Jeong Ho-nam was a family which produced Gongsin officers in the times of King Sejong. They were a family of loyal people who participated in the voluntary soldier group together with t heir r elatives t o p rotect t he k ingdom r ather than t rying to a cquire h igh government offices. Some of their descendants stood as musicians, but none of them became famous in the career. Meanwhile Jeong Ho-nam passed the state’s high military office examination at the end of KingYeongjo and he served as a military officer in the times of King Jeongjo and was promoted to become the chief of Woeim. It seems that those activities of Jeong Ho-nam had a significant influence not only on his family but also on the Hyangchon society. There is no record which tells why Jeong Ho-nam pursued the military office, but the background and history of his family suggest that he had an influential position to be recorded in Honam Jileuirok. However, his immediate ancestors worked as musicians or lived in seclusion four to five generations after Imjin Woeran and none of them passed the state’s high military office examination or acquired a high office in the central government. It seems that such a situation didn’t allow Jeong Ho-nam a wide range of opportunity to choose. Considering the situation which gave no high family position and good wealth to him, it seems that the reason why he chose the military office was not very different from that of No Sang-ju from Gyeongsang-do area. Jeong Ho-nam pursued his life similar to that of No Sang-ju. It took 9 years for Jeong Ho-nam to acquire the office of Chosa after passing the state’s high military office examination However, as mentioned in the‘ Popyeon Gyebon’, Jeong Ho-nam seems to be quite diligent. Thus, after successfully completing the office of Byeonjang, Hamgyeong. Afterwards, he was recognized for his work in Suwon Hwaseong for 453 days (about 1 year and 6 months), and was promoted to the office of Jeong Sampum, which seems to be due to his personal ability and skills, as well as the activities of his family in the voluntary military group at the time of Imjin Woeran and due to some favor of King Jeongjo.