18세기 전답 매매, 도록 그리고 분재를 통한 가산관리 — 1757년 진주 마진리 재령이씨 —

Abstract

This study reconstructs the economic activities of a person in the late Joseon Dynasty, including land sales, management, and inheritance. The analysis begins with a property distribution that occurred in March 1757. First, the meaning of the background of inheritance, size of property, and nature of inheritance practices recorded in inheritance document is confirmed based on previous research results related in this field. In addition, by analyzing the ledger, or catalog of documents, that appear to have been used for inheritance or to manage the land subject to inheritance, the size of the entire family property and the meaning of the land subject to inheritance among them are revealed. Finally, the meaning contained in the sales documents and land management is confirmed by comparing the land sale documents and the records in the document catalog. The sequential analysis of the three materials, property inheritance documents, document catalogs, and land sale documents, is a backtracking to confirm the connection between land sales, management of land which is purchased, and property inheritance. Through this analysis, it is confirmed that the land acquisition and management of the Jaeryeong Lee clan, a ‘Cheonseokkun (Millionaire)’ family in the Jinju region of Gyeongsang Province in the mid- 18th century, and the actual operation of the family’s economic base through property inheritance.