朝鮮後期 政治變動에 따른 鄕班의 生存戰略- 彦陽 靈山 辛氏 家門의 事例 -

Abstract

Historically, it has been a struggle for outgoing politicians during the transition of power from one political party to another; the outgoing ones usually had to pay the price with their lives including their loved ones. In contrast, there were some cases where the local elites survived and successfully maintained their social positions by employing various survival strategies during the power struggle. In the middle of 15th Century, Young-san Shin lineage immigrated to Eonyang. After their immigration, they desired to adopt themselves as local community members by means of marriage with other local elites who had been living and maintaining the power of the local government. After they successfully infiltrated into the high class of the local community, Young-san Shin lineage continuously adapted to the political changes of the central government by modifying their party line outwardly. As stated above, Young-san Shin lineage showed how they kept changing their positions during the changes of the central government, which contributed to the survival and maintenance of their social positions.(utopistics@hanmail.com)