Gwa-ik Wonjong Gongsin-Nokgwon(佐翼原從功臣錄券) is a book which recorded the titles of position and the names of retainers who made Se-jo into Chosun dynasty's king. This study aims to research into existing 4 books of Gwa-ik Wonjong Gongsin-Nokgwon, which were to analyze the reasons of grant, structure and forms, the characteristics of meritorious retainers' official positions and social status. As the result, Gwa-ik Wonjong Gongsin-Nokgwon is the metal typologic book which was made up Choju-Gapin(初鑄甲寅) letter type. The structure of the Gwa-ik Wonjong Gongsin-Nokgwon was composed of the beginning(卷首)·the body(本文)·the end(卷末). Gwa-ik Wonjong meritorious retainers formed the total of 2,356 persons(1st grade: 80 persons, 2nd grade: 846 persons, 3rd grade: 1,430 persons) with 295 official titles. Also an analysis of their social status confirmed that 2,265 persons were Yang-ban(兩班) which constituted the largest group, Jung-in(中人) were 71 persons, Chun-in(賤人) were 11 persons and Yang-in(良人) were 9 persons.
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