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- Title
Pan ch'inyŏng Wedding Rites, Residential Rules, and the Status of Women in Sixteenth-Century Chosŏn: An Analysis Based on Miam-ilgi, the Diary of Yu Hŭi-ch'un.
- Authors
Park, Mee Hae
- Abstract
This study focuses on wedding rites, residential rules, and the status of women in the mid-Chosŏn dynasty. Based on Miam-ilgi, a diary of Yu Hŭi-ch'un, a famous sixteenth-century Korean Confucian scholar, the marriage of his grandson Kwang-sŏn is examined. The nuptial procedure consisted of the discussion of marriage, the sending of presents to the bridal house, and finally the ceremony itself, nominally called pan ch'inyŏng. In the wedding described in the diary, the bride continued to live in her natal home while the bridegroom alternated between residing at his and his in-laws' home. Despite the fact that it was a departure from the strict patrilocality advocated by Confucian principles, the diary makes it clear that even Yu Hŭ-ch'un retained some characteristics of the traditional customs. The bridegroom's stay with his paternal grandfather implies the significance of socioeconomic factors and the experience necessary to serve as the successor of the Yu family. This article argues that the characteristics of pan ch'inyŏng wedding and variations in the practices thereof is evidence of the flexibility of marriage procedures, residential patterns, and the status of women within a patrilineal society.
- Subjects
KOREA; MARRIAGE customs &; rites; DIARY (Literary form); SOCIAL aspects of marriage; CHOSON dynasty, Korea, 1392-1910; SOCIAL conditions of women; SOCIAL science research; MANNERS &; customs; RITES &; ceremonies; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; WEDDINGS
- Publication
Korean Studies, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0145-840X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ks.2008.0000