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Agriculture and Peasant in JangHeung County at the late 18th Century - Based on the Agricultural Poetry of Wi BaekKyu

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2015, (32), pp.423-454
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose

YEOM, JEONGSUP 1

1한림대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this essay we focused agriculture and peasant in JangHeung County Jella Province at the late 18th Century, based on the agricultural poetry of Wi BaekKyu. Method of rice cultivation adopted Yiangbeop, which had the water problem and the problem of labor mobilization of rice seedling transplantation. The timing of the barley harvest was giving difficulty in rice seedling transplantation because two work ware rolled up generaly. Insect caused damage and drought caused damage was inevitablely accompanyed by famine and plague. So peasant had endeavored to gain famine relief plants and so on. Peasant in JangHeung County suffered from temporary worker, called Gogong. He had gone through struggle to hire Gogong esp. in rice seedling transplantation season. Gogang argued to pick up more money, so people of all social stratum acted as Gogong. Meanwhile peasant was distressed by exchange grain called Hwangok, which brought about corruption and graft. Wi BaekKyu emphasized on the role of government official as regards reliefing peasant from various suffering.

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