향리 『선생안』을 통해 본 조선후기 강원도 낭천현의 향리 사회 －낭천현 『선생안』을 중심으로－ = The Community of Local Officials in Nangcheonhyeon, Gangwon Province in the Latter Half of Joseon based on Their Seonsaengan of －With a focus on the Seonsaengan of Nangcheonhyeon－

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study set out to examine the surname distribution and Hojang position succession patterns of local officials’ families based on the Jeongjo Hojang Seonsaengan in Nangcheonhyeon in the latter half of Joseon. In Nangcheonhyeon, the Nangcheon Jeong, Seonsan(Haepyeong) Gil, Nangcheon Jang, and Milyang Park families occupied ten percent of Jeongjo Hojang each. The Nangcheon Jeong family recorded the highest occupation rate, being followed by the Seonsan(Haepyeong) Gil family. The combined occupation rate of these four surnames in Hojang was 77.8%. The remaining nine surnames including the Indong Jang and Namyang Hong families recorded a low occupation rate of 22.2% While the four surnames(Nangcheon Jeong, Seonsan(Haepyeong) Gil, Nangcheon Jang, and Milyang Park) that occupied ten percent of Jeongjo Hojang or more were native family names, the other nine surnames that recorded a low occupation rate were hardly found among the native family names. These findings provide some information about the surname distribution of the Hojang position in the area, indicating that a small number of native surnames had a monopoly over the Hojang position and that many non-native surnames held the position in a small percentage.
The study then examined further the characteristics of surnames that produced Hojangs based on their distribution in Jeongjo Hojang by the period and found that the major four surnames including the Nangcheon Jeong family produced Hojangs evenly over a relatively long period of time, whereas the remaining surnames produced Hojangs in a rather dispersive manner. While the Indong Jang and Hamyang Ho families produced a Hojang in the middle and late 19th century, the Munhwa Yu and Jinju Ha families produced one around the 19th century and failed to succeed the position since then. There was no ground to confirm in this area the logic that the status attribution to the local home town gradually dropped toward the latter half of Joseon.
The study then examined how the four surnames that produced many Hojangs succeeded the position and found that the succession of the position was not a simple issue even for the four surnames that represented the local community. Some families succeeded the position over three generations in a row, and many others succeeded the position only over one or two generations, which suggests that individuals should have their abilities recognized to be selected as Hojang even among local officials’ families.