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The Memoires of Lady Hyegyong.

Titledcterms:title
혜경궁읍혈녹
Creatordc:creator
惠慶宮 洪氏 著
Publisherdc:publisher
[刊寫者未詳]
URI
eadl:DM-NLKKOL000029735

Abstract

  • Memoir written by Queen Heongyeong(1735~1815), also well known as Lady Hong, Hyegyong. She is the wife of King Jangjo (Crown Prince Sado) and the mother of King Jeongju. She died as a crown consort yet promoted to Queen Heongyeong. She married to Crown Prince Sado at age 10, and suffered a chilling execution of her husband who was confined in a rice chest and died of starvation by his father. By a turn of luck, her son Jeongjo became a king in 1776. Yet, after a short moment of happiness, Jeongju, right after taking reign, promoted his mother’s title to Lady Hyegyong, and his deceased father, Jangheon, and started asking government officials who are responsible for his father’s death. Hong’s uncle Hong, In-Han and her father Hong, Bong-Han were executed as a consequence. Hong pleaded her family’s innocence, including her father’s by recording what she experienced by Sado’s death. Lady Hyegyon, who started her life in Joseon palaces at age 10 and experienced bitter adversities, chose to “record” instead of taking a backseat and growing old. This gave birth to Hanjungrok, the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong, and by doing so, she turned her life story into a history. Hanjungrok has 4 chapters: first chapter on self-recorded reflection of her life at the age of 60 in 1795 (Jeongjo 10), and the other three chapters on political document to claim her family’s innocence written between 1801(Sunjo 1) and 1805. She finished this work at the age of 71. The work was popular reading choice of that time, as shown by almost 20 versions of transcribed copies. Tearful Memoires of Lady Hyegyong is one of Hanjungrok's transcriptions.(en)

    혜경궁 홍씨로 잘 알려진 헌경왕후(1735~1815)가 지은 회고록이다. 헌경왕후는 장조(사도세자)의 비이자 정조의 어머니다. 본래 세자빈이나 고종 대에 ‘헌경왕후’로 추존되었다. 열 살에 사도세자와 가례를 올렸고, 스물여덟에 남편이 뒤주에 갇혀 굶어 죽는 참변을 당했다. 다행히 1776년에 아들 정조가 왕위에 올랐으나 기쁨도 잠시였다. 정조는 즉위하자마자 어머니의 칭호를 ‘혜경궁’으로 높이고, 아버지에게 ‘장헌’이라는 시호를 올렸다. 그리고 아버지 죽음에 대한 책임을 신료들에게 묻기 시작했다. 이로 인해 혜경궁의 작은아버지 홍인한이 죽임을 당하고 아버지 홍봉한마저 죽고 말았다. 혜경궁은 아버지를 포함해 친정 식구들의 결백을 증명하기 위해 자신이 겪은 일들을 기록해 항변했다. 열 살에 궁에 들어와 온갖 풍상을 헤쳐 나온 혜경궁은 뒷방의 늙은 왕실 여인으로 나앉는 대신 ‘기록’을 선택해 개인 이야기를 ‘역사’로 만들었다.『한중록(閑中錄)』은 이렇게 해서 탄생했다. 『한중록』은 총 4편이다. 제1편은 회갑을 맞은 1795년(정조 10)에 쓴 본인 회고록이다. 나머지 세 편은 1801년(순조 1)부터 1805년 사이에 친정을 변론하기 위해 쓴 정치 관련 기록으로 71세에 끝맺었다. 이 책은 필사본만 20여종이 전할 만큼 널리 읽혔다. 여기서 소개하는 ‘혜경궁읍혈록’도 여러 필사본 중 하나로 피눈물이 담긴 책이라는 의미다.

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Titledcterms:title
The Memoires of Lady Hyegyong.(en) , 혜경궁읍혈녹(ko)
Creatordc:creator
혜경궁홍씨(ko) , 惠慶宮 洪氏 著
Publisherdc:publisher
[刊寫者未詳]
Alternativedcterms:alternative
혜경궁읍혈록(ko)
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[刊寫地未詳]
Datedcterms:date
[刊寫年未詳]
Subjectdc:subject
헤경궁, 읍혈록, 읍혈녹, 혜경궁, 읍혈루
Languagedc:language
kor
Data Providereadl:dataProvider
National Library of Korea(en) , 국립중앙도서관
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Korea
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National Library of Korea(en) , 국립중앙도서관
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3卷3冊; 36.5 x 23.7 cm
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http://lod.nl.go.kr/resource/KOL000029735
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http://eadl.asia/collection/KoreaCollection , http://eadl.asia/collection/NLK_Women_in_Royal_Palace , http://eadl.asia/collection/NLK_Women_in_the_Joseon_era
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The Memoires of Lady Hyegyong.(en) , 혜경궁읍혈녹(ko)
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eadl:DM-NLKKOL000029735_DO1 , eadl:DM-NLKKOL000029735_DO2 , eadl:DM-NLKKOL000029735_DO3

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