Collection of Books and Documents at Gwanggok Seowon

This is a collection of documents housed at Gwanggok Seowon, located in Gwangi-ri, Jisa-myeon, Imsil-gun, and designated as a Tangible Cultural Heritage of Jeollabuk-do. The collection consists of 12 volumes and 10 sheets of books and documents related to Gwanggok Seowon. Since materials related to seowon (Confucian academies) are rare, this collection is considered highly valuable. It comprehensively includes various documents pertaining to Gwanggok Seowon, making it an extremely precious resource. The 'Bo-no-an' and 'Bo-jik-an' are lists of 'Bo-no' and 'Bo-jik,' who were assigned as 'Bo' (supporters) to financially assist the 'Won-no' (academy slaves) and 'Won-jik' (academy caretakers) responsible for guarding the seowon, indicating that 'Bo' were assigned to seowon in the 19th century. Among the old documents, there are: 1) records showing the process of petitioning to exempt seowon affiliates from miscellaneous labor and receiving approval from the local magistrate; 2) documents revealing that commoners were being registered in the seowon's Confucian roster and that securing Confucian scholars had financial implications; and 3) documents indicating that the magistrate appointed seowon Confucian scholars and issued their appointment letters. These provide excellent material for understanding 18th-19th century society.

Address: 32-7 Gwangi 1-gil, Jisa-myeon, Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk State