A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea

290 Pages·2018·8.108 MB·English

by  Eugene Y Park

A Genealogy of Dissent
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A Genealogy
of Dissent
The Progen y of Fallen
Royals in Chosŏn Korea
Eugene Y. Park
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Park, Eugene Y., author.
Title: A genealogy of dissent : the progeny of fallen royals in Chosŏn Korea / Eugene Y. Park.
Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018002639 | ISBN 9781503602083 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781503607231 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Families of royal descent—Korea—History. | Royal houses—Korea—
History. | Korea—Kings and rulers—Genealogy. | Korea—History—Chosŏn dynasty,
1392–1910. | Korea—History—Koryŏ period, 935–1392.
Classification: LCC DS905.52.R69 P37 2018 | DDC 951.9/02—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018002639
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Cover design by Angela Moody
To Seri, Lauren, and Harry
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Conventions xiii
Prologue 1
1 Death and Resurrection, 1392–1450 9
2 Search for a Ritual Heir, 1450–1589 48
3 The Court and Society, 1589–1724 80
4 Renewed Attention to the Koryŏ Legacies, 1724–1864 109
5 Modernity, Kinship, and Individuals, 1864–1910 146
Epilogue 173
Koryŏ-Chosŏn Monarchs, Era Names, and Reign Years 191
Character List 193
Abbreviations 209
Notes 211
Bibliography 239
Index 255
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Illustrations
Maps
1. Chosŏn Korea, 1700 xv
2. Kyŏnggi Province, 1700 xvi
3. Hwanghae Province, 1700 xvii
4. Chŏlla and Kyŏngsang Provinces, 1700 xviii
Figures
P.1 Ideographs for the Wang and associated surnames 5
1.1 The Kaesŏng Wang descent group segments 12
1.2 King Kongyang and his immediate relatives 14
1.3 Wang U and his immediate relatives 14
2.1 The Wang Sullye line of ritual heirs, 1452–1540 52
2.2 The major lineages descended from Wang Mi and Wang Hŭng 68
3.1 The Wang Hun line of ritual heirs, 1589–1724 86
4.1 The Wang Hun line of ritual heirs, 1724–1864 116
Photographs
1.1 A section of Sŏng Haeŭng’s commentary on the Tonghak Temple
Record of Perished Souls showing the Wang victims who were
interned on Kŏje 24
2.1 The Sungŭijŏn 55
2.2 The grave of Wang Sullye 62
5.1 Map of Majŏn (1872) showing the Sungŭijŏn 151