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This study introduces Hong-Jae diary from 1866 to 1911 written by Ki Haeng-hyeon living in Buan-gun, Jeolla-do and investigates the economic conditions there on the basis of this diary. Hongjae diary is composed of 7 books: the first book is named ‘Dohaejae diaryi’, and the rest is called as‘ Hongjae diary’. We can understand the image of Buan area in the late 19th century because there are not only Ki and his family’s daily lives but also rumours about Buan and the surrounding area in the Diary. For example, we can know specifically about the market price of grain in the area of Buan through the price of rice recorded steadily in Diary, and also the reality of economic state there from the contents of the Diary about several kinds of the tax imposed on farmers. From 1891 to February 1894, when Donghak Peasant Revolution occurred, the price of rice in the area of Buan continued to rise. The farmers’livelihood was on the rocks because the price rose even in harvest time. Meanwhile, the Joseon government did not take any proper actions but increase taxes, and then the farmers in Honam region started to agitate.