Exile of Joseon Dynasty took effect from the foundation of the dynasty(1392) to King Soon-Jong two years(1909). The total number of articles on exile was 8,593. Places of exile were in all parts of the country and especially Jeolla-do had the most exi...
Exile of Joseon Dynasty took effect from the foundation of the dynasty(1392) to King Soon-Jong two years(1909). The total number of articles on exile was 8,593. Places of exile were in all parts of the country and especially Jeolla-do had the most exiles.
The investigation showed that the total exiles were 232 of Jeollabuk-do, which was north area of Jeolla-do. Political ones of them were 123, and petty criminals were 94. Exact reason of the others was unknown, but mostly according to political impacts.
Exile was used for succession to the throne and struggles among founding contributors during the early Joseon Dynasty, and for the conflict between Hungu(勳舊) and Sarim(士林) and political strife among Sarim(士林) in the mid-Joseon period. Also, it refered to Hwan-guk(換局) and political reason following invasion of foreign power in late Joseon.
The total places of exile were 74 of Jeolla-do. There were 29 places among them in Jeollabuk-do; 27 in inland area, 2 in island area. Ik-san was a place of most frequent exiles followed by Gim-je, Bu-an, Go-chang, except for island area because exiles were concentrated in south than north area, island than inland area.
Inland areas were Wi-do and Gogunsan, and those were used after late Joseon Dynasty. Those of Jeollabuk-do were suitable for exile because the foundation of naval post facilictated exiles controlled and economic wealth provided a living for exiles.
Most exiles devoted themselves to their studies and had a strong influence on places of exile. Typical exiles were Kwon Geun(權近), Lee Bang-gan(李芳幹), Hwang Hui(黃喜), Hong Eon-chung(洪彦忠), Kim Jin-jong(金振宗), Heo Gyun(許筠), Lee Geon-chang(李建昌) in Jeollabuk-do. They put their efforts into a field of study, taught the area's schoolchildren, and wrote poems and compositions in places of exile.
Keyword: the Joseon Dynasty, Exile, Place of exile, Jeollabuk-do, Seongsobubugo (惺所覆瓿藁)