In this paper the author focus attention on the inheritance of land by the local yangban under the late Yi dynasty, Korea. Under the Yi dynasty it was prescribed by the law that the family inheritance should be divided equally among sons and daughters. But according to recent studies, after the middle of the 17th century sons came to inherit more property than daughters, and among the sons the eldest son was treated best in the real meaning of yangban. However, we are short of studies of their inheritance under the late Yi dynasty, so the author sets out to examine the following two problems, using the documents of the Puan-Kim Clan (扶安金氏) from the middle of the 17th century to the end of the 18th. (1)How was land inherited among the local yangban? This question includes where inherited land was located, and how it was acquired. (2)What influence did their inheritance have on their posession of property and kinship? First, it can be confirmed that sons, especially the eldest son, were treated well in the Puan-Kim Clan, as well as in other clans in this period. This means that Chong-ga (宗家) was more probable to make the eldest last longer than in the early Yi dynasty. Dividing inheritance, however, continued consistently, so we cannot place a high estimate on the predominance of Chong-ga. By purchasing land they made up for decreases of land caused by dividing. Therefore purchasing land in one generation did not mean that their land increased beyond the generation. Dividing inheritance also means that children who were not the eldest son inherited part of the fortune, too, and the clan spread. Thus, there was a duality in inheritance during this period. And in the last part of this paper the author tries to show some factors that influenced this.
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