Gyoji(gyocheop)

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1334-2

Category

Books & Records

Designated year

2002

Location

수성구, 대구광역시— 대구광역시 수성구 청호로 321 (황금동, 국립대구박물관)

Coordinates

35.841900, 128.596700Museum-based location

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These documents concern official decrees, correspondence, and residential records related to Wol-gok Woo Bae-seon (禹拜善, 1569-1621), a righteous army commander during the Imjin War, preserved in the family home of the Danyang Woo clan's senior branch in Daegu's Wolchon district. Woo Bae-seon's courtesy name was Sa-seong and his pen name was Wol-gok of the Danyang line. Following the Imjin War, in recognition of military service, he was inducted as a Meritorious Subject of Seonmu in 1604. The twelve official documents related to Woo Bae-seon include two administrative certificates, eight official decrees, and two posthumous decrees. Official decrees are documents whereby the king grants government positions, official titles, posthumous names, qualifications, land, and slaves to officials. Administrative certificates are appointment orders issued by the king for officials ranking below the fifth grade. The certificates show Woo Bae-seon being promoted in the twenty-sixth year of King Seonjo's reign (1593) from the position of Sixth Rank Official of the Ceremonial Bureau to Second Rank Official of the Military Equipment Bureau, and subsequently elevated in the same year from that position to Fifth Rank Judge of the Military Equipment Bureau. The eight official decrees record appointments from his May 1593 position as Third Grade Official of the Military Equipment Bureau and Magistrate of Hapcheon County through his April 1605 appointment as Fifth Grade Military Commander of Gyeongsang's Left Naval Region. The two additional posthumous decrees, issued in February 1603 following Woo Bae-seon's induction as a Meritorious Subject, posthumously elevated his father Woo Seong-deok to Third Grade Minister of the Board of Revenue and his mother Jang to Lady of Honor. The single piece of personal correspondence was from Jung In-hong (1536-1623) addressed to Woo Bae-seon during his tenure as Hapcheon County Magistrate. The residential record lists prominent officials including Prime Minister Yi Deuk-hyung, Left Prime Minister Yun Seung-hun, and Right Prime Minister Yu Yeong-gyeong, along with brief notations of their residences.

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