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Hee-Won Lee(李熙元, 1857~1924) was an illegitimate descendant(庶子) of the JungIn(中人) family(家門). It was a famous lineage in JungIn society. After he passed YugGua(譯科, foreign language examination), he was appointed GunSu(郡守, district administrative management), and after he retired the official post, he actively engaged in the patriotic enlightenment movement(愛國啓蒙運動). Also in his family, he vigorously participated in working for his clan as the representative together with other legitimate descendants. The discrimination of the illegitimate descendants in JungIn society nearly disappeared in the society, and notably mitigated in the family by the acivities such as Hee-Won Lee’s during the modern age. One of the main causes to have a decisive effect on the collapse of status system in the JoSun(朝鮮) dynasty was the devotional and posi-tive activities of the status lower than YangBan(兩班) for their society. I calculated on the period that the discrimination of the illegitimate descendants in the Jung In society were perfectly resolved. It was the time that the marks of illegitimate descendants disappeared in JogBos(族譜, family records), and that JungIn descendants performed marriage freely.