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Civil servant stone of Kim Jeong graveyard
Civil servant stone of Kim Jeong  
  graveyard
Classification : Stone Relic
Name of Cultural Properties :
Chuncheonkimjeongmyoyeongmuninseok
Classification No : Cultural
Properties Materials No. 125
Designated Date : Sep. 5, 1998
Location : San 41-12, Chiljeon-dong,
Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do. S.Korea
Construction Year : Goryeo Period
These 'Muninseok' (stone monument for a man of literature) are located at the site of Gwangseonggun Kim Jeong's Grave. He took in the innovative political reform that King Gongmin of Goryeo Kingdom led. These stone monuments are the works showing antique and humble sculptural beauty.

They show the same sculptural style, but their sizes are a little bit different. The height of the stone monument on the left is 121cm. And the height of its coronet is 15cm and the length of its face is 30.5cm. Its body is 38cm thick. Whereas, the stone monuments on the right show 123.5cm, 16cm, 30.5cm and 36cm respectively as a counterpart. They are smaller than ordinary 'Muninseok' at any other province. Their noses and eyebrows are sculptured low in depth, and their eyes and mouth are expressed with lines only.

Kim Jeong's ancestral home is Gwangsan. He held various posts in succession such as Yanggwang, Chalbangsa of Jeonra-do provinc and, Daehogun during the reign of King Gongmin of Goryeo Kingdom. It is also written in Gwangjumokji and Sinjeungdonggukyeojiseungram, historic documents, that he was appointed as Jungdaegwang Gwangseongdaegun.

There stand a tombstone at the right site of the grave and a pair of Muninseok, a pair of 'Mangjuseok' and a 'Sangseok' (an offering table) at the center. But, they have been built recently except for Muninseok. A shrine is built 200m away from the grave.

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