Korea's Historic Clans: Family Traditions of the Jongga (Paperback)

Introduction 6

Chapter 1
Korean Family Names and the Meaning of Jongga 12
The History of Family Names | Confucianism and the Human Ideal in the
Joseon Dynasty | The Jongga and Confucianism

Chapter 2
The Four Rituals That Give People Lives of Dignity 26
Gwanrye, Coming-of-Age Ceremony: First of the Four Rituals |
Honrye, Traditional Wedding Ceremony: A Life Event to Be Treasured |
Sangrye, Traditional Funeral: Saying Goodbye to Parents Whose Duty Is
Done | Jerye, Ancestral Rites: Lifelong Responsibility of the Family Head

Chapter 3
Food Culture of the Jongga:
From the Mouth to the Heart 48
The Role and Significance of Food in Jongga | Miryang Son Clan, Son Seongjeung
Jongga: Delicacies of the Richest Jongga in Gyeongsangnam-do |
Papyeong Yun Clan, Yun Jeung Jongga: First Prize in a National Jongga Food
Competition | Gyeongju Yi Clan, Yi Hang-bok Jongga: Soybean Paste Passed
Down for Five Hundred Years

Chapter 4
Jongtaek, the House That
Generations Have Called Home 64
The Characteristic of a Jongtaek | Munhwa Ryu Clan Gonsangun Jongga:
Unjoru, One of the Three Most Propitious Sites in South Korea | Pungsan Ryu
Clan, Ryu Seong-ryong Jongga: Yangjindang and Chunghyodang | Wolseong
Son Clan, Sonso Jongga: A House That Prince Charles Admired
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Chapter 5
Learning: The Teaching and Practice of Moral Principles 86
The Significance of Learning in Traditional Society | Education at the Jongga
| Gyeongju Choi Clan Saseonggong Jongga: Self-Discipline and Sympathy |
Daegu Seo Clan Seo Seong Jongga: Summoning the Courage to Seek Out
Opportunity | Goseong Yi Clan, Yi Myeong Jongga: Sacrificing Everything for the
Nation

Appendix
Information 108

Delving Deeper
Separated from Her Husband by the Korean War,
She Still Took Care of the Jongga 24
Saving the Only Heir of the Six Martyred Ministers 46
Handing Down Knowledge Instead of Money 62
Jongga Where Children Are Raised to Be Courteous 84