• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.399-415
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• 2012

Gimyo sama tongnyung kyechub(己卯司馬同年契帖) was made in 1639 to commemorate the meeting for successful candidates who had passed Samasi(司馬試). This study analyzes the physical characteristics of Gimyo sama tongnyung kyechub(己卯司馬同年契帖), which includes kyehoe-do(契會圖), list of identification(座目), preface(序文), poem of meeting(契會詩) and try to find out who is in the illustration, what happened in the meeting, and why they made this book comprehensively. According to the research, this book has different physical characteristics from others made earlier. It is revealed that the three men - Choi Sang Ho(崔尙虎), Kim Jeong Hwa(金鼎華), Hong Jong Woon(洪鐘韻) - out of four who passed the exam in 1639 held a meeting at the Mount. Wolchul in YoungAm in the fall of 1656. After that, they ordered the painter who belonged to Jeonla government in Gangjin, Jeonla province to make four copies of this book for the purpose to continue their relationship cross the generations.