[KS] Koreanstudies Digest, Vol 140, Issue 4

[DeberniereTorrey]

Much thanks to Don Baker and Victoria Ten for their help. I'm tracking down those sources now.Deberniere Torrey. 

     On Thursday, February 5, 2015 10:00 AM, "koreanstudies-request at koreanstudies.com" <koreanstudies-request at koreanstudies.com> wrote:
   

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Today's Topics:

  1. punishment of women in Choson (DeberniereTorrey)
  2.  punishment of women in Choson (Victoria Ten)
Dear Members:I'm trying to track down an authoritative reference for a claim that I've come across in several scholarly sources (both English and Korean), none of which gives a citation for this information: that the Choson state was more lenient toward women as criminals, since they were considered subject to and therefore less responsible than men. The statement fits my understanding of Choson values and legislation, but I have yet to find a specific reference. Deuchler's Confucian Transformation briefly mentions cases of leniency toward yangban women, but goes no further. I've read that the Ming code was somewhat lenient toward female criminals, placing them in the custody of family members rather than in jail, and I understand the Choson criminal code was based on the Ming code. I've also checked Women and Confucianism in Choson by Pettid and Kim, as well as the recent Wrongful Deaths by Sunjoo Kim, but haven't found specific reference to the above topic in these sources. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
Deberniere Torrey

This might help you, though it’s notdirectly your subject: Kim, Nayeon. 2012. “Indoctrinating Female Virture: theSocial use of Chosŏn Woodblock Prints” (paper presented at Eighth WorldwideConsortium of Korean Studies Centers Workshop, July 4-7, 2012, Seoul, SouthKorea). Or at least the bibliography at the end can help.
Samgang Haengsildo (三綱行實圖, Illustrated Exemplars of the Three Bonds) was commissioned in1428 by King Sejong (1418-1450) for the purpose of ‘people education’ andwoodblock-printed in 1434 (Kim, Nayeon 2012: 225, 228, 232). The Three Bondsdescribe the three social structures, the three ethical obligations of loyaltyand servitude. The subject must serve the king, the son or daughter must servethe parent, and the wife must serve the husband. Thus formulated moral andsocial obligations show that women were traditionally included among thesubjects of virtue in East-Asia. But this is theory, and practice might bedifferent. Interesting question in this respect is whether children were consideredless responsible for crimes than their parents, as according to Three Bondssons and daughters are subjected to parents just as wives are subjected tohusbands. 
Victoria Ten
Leiden University

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Jim Hoare <jim at jhoare10.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

  From: Koreanstudies[mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] On Behalf Of DeberniereTorrey
Sent: 04 February 2015 23:35
To:koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com
Subject: [KS] punishment of womenin Choson DearMembers:I'mtrying to track down an authoritative reference for a claim that I've comeacross in several scholarly sources (both English and Korean), none of whichgives a citation for this information: that the Choson state was more lenient toward women as criminals, since they wereconsidered subject to and therefore less responsible than men. Thestatement fits my understanding of Choson values and legislation, but I haveyet to find a specific reference. Deuchler's ConfucianTransformation briefly mentions cases of leniency toward yangban women, but goes no further. I'veread that the Ming code was somewhat lenient toward female criminals, placingthem in the custody of family members rather than in jail, and I understand theChoson criminal code was based on the Ming code. I've also checked Women and Confucianism in Choson byPettid and Kim, as well as the recent Wrongful Deaths by Sunjoo Kim, but haven'tfound specific reference to the above topic in these sources. Any help would beappreciated. Thankyou,DeberniereTorrey 



   
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