조선 후기 『대구읍지』 편찬과 사족의 대응 - 과거편과 인물편의 인물 수록 시기 분석을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper analyzed the compiling and revising of Daegu Eupji(the town record of Daegu), and the people in the Civil Servant Examination and People Sections of the Eupji, and looked into the response of the gentry of the Daegu area. Daegu Eupji was first compiled in 1637 and revised by the mayor Wu Seok-gyu in 1697 and Jinsa(low-ranking public officer) Jo Chun-gyeong. The surviving Daegu Eupji(1768) seems to have appeared while Jo Chun-gyeong and others were making the original script of Yeojidoseo, the national geographical book. The Daegu Eupji was revised and complemented by Wu Jae-ak, Seo Bal and Do Sul-mo in 1786. Daegu Eupji is kept as a part of Gyeongsang Province Eupji(1832), Yeongnam Eupji(1871), and Yeongnam Eupji(1895), or as Daegu District Eupji(1899), and is left as Daegu District Eupji, which is the first edition of the Gyeongsang Province Eupji(1832). In the late 17th century, Daegu Eupji needed to be revised because Punggak and Hwawon areas were included in Daegu. In the Civil Servant Examination Section in the Eupji in 1697 many people who had a connection with Miryang city were included. The Civil Servant Examination Section in the Daegu Eupji did not have any additions since 1786 until the end of 19th century. Another proof of this fact is that since 1786, Daegu Eupji has not added anyone who passed the civil servant examination after the end of the late 18th century. The eight out of ten people who were added in 1786 were the people who lived between the late Goryeo Dynasty and the King Injo(1623∼1649) periods. This shows that the Eupji is the products of the efforts of the Daegu gentry of the late 18th century who included their ancestors in order to enhance their status in their town society. However, this addition can be confirmed from Gyeogsang Province Eupji(1832) since the 1786’s Eupji has not survived. Looking into the process of adding people to the People Section in Daegu Eupji, we can find expanding influence of the gentry who led Daegu society. By looking at the surviving Eupji, it is difficult to confirm the people who were added, or who were added and then removed from the Eupji since it was first compiled in 1637. We can only confirm that the Daegu gentry tried to prove that their ancestors were the followers of the scholar Jeong Gu in order to include their ancestors in the Daegu Eupji. Out of the 22 followers of Jeong Gu in the People Section in Daegu Eupji, four people were first added in 1637, 15 in 1697 and three in 1832. In the local society of the late Joseon Dynasty, adding their ancestors to the Eupji was the result of the descendants’ efforts who wanted to be recognized as part of the gentry. When Punggak and Hwawon areas were newly added in the Eupji during the compiling time, the gentry in Hwawon(8 sub-divisions) were strongly dissatisfied with the compiled contents. They were dissatisfied that people in Hwawon area were not added properly, so they compiled the Geumseong Jipeon, a version of Hwawon Eupji. It is presumed that while the Westerners and the Norons who were linked to the seat of political power were instrumental in compiling the Eupji, the Southerners of the area were dissatisfied with the content. This can be confirmed from the fact that the main local leaders were not recorded in the 19th Eupji.