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John and Katianna Hong are opening Yangban Society, a deli and mini-mart —a place to gather items for a picnic, grab drinks before dinner or sit down for a meal. (Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times)
As more of the population aspired to become yangban and gradually succeeded in doing so in the late Joseon period by purchasing the yangban status, the privileges and splendor the term had inspired slowly vanished. It even gained a diminutive connotation. A group of yangban women attending a family ritual. Late 18th century.
The Yangban were a ruling class of political and artistic elites in Korea’s Joseon dynasty, which endured for over five centuries (until 1910, when Japan’s 35-year occupation of Korea began).
Society was ruled by the yangban, who constituted 10% of the population and had several privileges. [2] Slaves were of the lowest standing. During this period, the clan structure became stricter and bloodline was of utmost importance. Family life was regulated by law, strictly enforcing Confucian rituals.
During the Joseon era, the Pyongsan Shin family developed into one of many yangban families. As other yangban of the time, members of the Pyongsan Shin clan successfully passed the gwageo, or the national civil service examinations. There was no hereditary aristocracy in Korea during the Joseon era, as the bureaucracy was filled by tested and ...
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The clan was a prominent yangban family during Korea's Joseon dynasty. [1] According to the research held in 2015, the number of the Wonju Won clan was 126,677.
Gwageo examinations were very important not only for an individual but for his family because a yangban family that did not produce a government official for four generations lost their status as yangban. When writing the examination, candidates had to record the names and positions of their four great-grandfathers.