The success to the civil service examination in the Joseon dynasty Korea meant not only the honor to the candidates and their families but also their entry to the high circles, because it guaranteed major central and provincial government positions, and also provided a major means whereby economic wealth might be accumulated. This paper analyzes the successful candidates resident in Namwon, which was one of the major cities in Jeolla province at the times.The conclusion is as follows:First, 7 Buan Kim passed the civil service examination, topping the other clans resident in Namwon. Jeonju Choi and Gyeongju Choi ranked to the second and the third respectively. Most of successful degree holders were found in the families whose clan seats were located at the Jeolla province.Second, Namwon produced one successful candidate every four years. The number became larger in later Joseon, but the percentage of Namwon residents over all the new Munkwa degree holders generally decreased, reflecting the power of the successful candidates resident in Seoul. Third, only 16 percents among the successful candidates in Namwon had held offices under government or some degrees before they passed the civil service examination. This means that many people took and passed the Munkwa without a Saengwon or Jinsa degree in late Joseon.Fourth, 44 percents or so of the successful candidates in Namwon came from the ancestors with the official careers. This means the balance of the old and the new generations. Especially the de facto transmission of official posts to the posterity was on an increasing trend in late Joseon. Fifth, a good number of the successful candidates in Namwon were promoted to the senior grade of the 3rd rank in the government. This proves that, unlike a popular opinion, officials from Jeolla province were not discriminated against in the career of the official world.
본 학회는 "역사학의 발전과 민족문화의 창달에 이바지한다"는 목표하에 도내의 역사학자들을 주축으로 1976년에 창립된 이래 30년 이상의 연륜을 이어온 정통 역사학회이다. 수차례의 학술대회를 개최하였을 뿐 아니라, 학술지 '전북사학'을 30호까지 발간하면서 지역 사학 발전의 토대를 놓았다는 평가를 받고 있다. 본 학회는 현재 약 240여명의 회원을 두고 있으며, 격월로 임원회의와 월례발표회를 개최하고 있다. 매 발표회에 실제로 참여하는 인원이 항상 30명이 넘는다. 대부분의 역사관련 학회가 주로 대학교수나 강사들로 구성되어 있는 데 비해 전북사학회는 대학교수, 강사는 물론 학예사, 연구원, 중등학교 역사담당교사 등 역사와 관련된 다양한 구성원들로 이루어져 있다는 장점을 지니고 있다. 대학에서 연구한 역사학에 관한 이론을 중등학교 교육 현장에 올바로 적용하여 이론과 실제를 하나로 만들려는 것이 향후 전북사학회의 지향점이다.
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전북사학 [JEONBUK SAHAK ; The Jeonbuk Historical Journal]