@article{ART003297783},
author={Lee Ji Hun},
title={The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty},
journal={The Review of Korean History},
issn={1225-133X},
year={2025},
number={160},
pages={127-166}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee Ji Hun
TI - The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty
JO - The Review of Korean History
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 160
PB - The Historical Society Of Korea
SP - 127
EP - 166
SN - 1225-133X
AB - This study examines the establishment of the sajagwan(寫字官) by analyzing changes in the scope of diplomatic document duties(職事) during Joseon.
The diplomatic document duties were established under King Taejong and included ihak(吏學) tasks. Though Taejong assigned these duties to civil officials(文臣), they viewed them as japhak(雜學) and were reluctant to perform them. King Sejong responded by implementing performance evaluations of the entire jiksa scope and offering incentives. However, calligraphy evaluation differed from other duties, thus making incentives ineffective. King Sejo therefore separated calligraphy as an independent duty with distinct rewards, but this erased the distinctive character of diplomatic document calligraphy. Dunring King Jungjong’s reign, sajagwan could be established as a position which perform diplomatic document calligraphy. The sajagwan emerged from repeated bureaucratic adjustments responding to civil officials’ reluctance rather than from external factors like increased demand or social mobility. While calligraphy gradually became non-elite work, the system maintained administrative script reading and composition(製述) as civil officials’ exclusive domain. This study explains how sajagwan entered the bureaucracy through institutional change and clarifies the development of legal provisions related to the Seungmunwon.
KW - document calligraphy;sajagwan;Seungmunwon;diplomatic document;Imun;duty
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Lee Ji Hun. (2025). The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty. The Review of Korean History, 160, 127-166.
Lee Ji Hun. 2025, "The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty", The Review of Korean History, no.160, pp.127-166.
Lee Ji Hun "The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty" The Review of Korean History 160 pp.127-166 (2025) : 127.
Lee Ji Hun. The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty. 2025; 160 : 127-166.
Lee Ji Hun. "The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty" The Review of Korean History no.160(2025) : 127-166.
Lee Ji Hun. The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty. The Review of Korean History, 160, 127-166.
Lee Ji Hun. The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty. The Review of Korean History. 2025; 160 127-166.
Lee Ji Hun. The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty. 2025; 160 : 127-166.
Lee Ji Hun. "The Institutional Background for the Establishment of the Sajagwan(寫字官) in the Seungmunwon(承文院) of the Joseon Dynasty" The Review of Korean History no.160(2025) : 127-166.
