Itagyeong Jeongmanrok

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.880

Category

Books & Records

Designated year

1986

Location

안동시, 경상북도— 경상북도 안동시 퇴계로 1997 (도산면, 한국국학진흥원)

Coordinates

36.701788, 128.811073Kakao address conversion

Jeongmallok is a diary of Yi Tak-yeong (1541-1610), a staff officer of the governor of Gyeongsang-do Province during the Joseon Period. He kept writing this diary – which consists of two books and two volumes -- from 1592 to 1598. Volume Geon has the list of government officials who took part in the battles of the Imjin War between Joseon and Japan. He also recorded the daily matters under the title Imjin byeonsaeng huillok (Daily Record of Imjin War). Only the records concerning the war between Japan and Joseon were written day by day; records from 1593 to 1598 dealt with important matters by months and years. Volume Gon includes substantial contents of official documents such as royal edicts, circulating letters, and written appeals issued during the seven-year wartime. Except the records for ten days from the 14th day of the fourth lunar month of 1592, which was the day of the outbreak of the war, Jeongmallok has almost perfect records of the war. This is regarded as a valuable material for studying the war between Joseon and Japan during the late 16th century.

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