Orations are a type of death-mourning odes(哀祭文), read in the various religious services held during the funeral rites, aiming to invoke the deceased to receive the offerings. Since orations are written to solace the deceased and cherish his/her memories, they tend to be sorrowful and heartbreaking. Also, they frankly express the sadness the writer feels about the death; well-written orations are deeply emotional and soulful, naturally ringing the strings in the listeners’ hearts. Orations written for deceased wives are called ‘Jaemangshilmoon(祭亡室文).’ or ‘Jaemangchuhmoon(祭亡妻文).’ Researches on Jaemangshilmoon has been conducted in the field of Chinese literature, which were inclined to focus on the tender affection of the husband toward his wife, or the docile and loving life of the wife as a good mother and spouse. In other words, the Chinese literary schools regarded such orations as mere ‘expressions of tender affection between man and wife’ by only noticing the sadness and yearning the husband feels toward the deceased wife, and proposed a extremely canonical vision of wives as a ‘obedient and loving mother and spouses,’ emphasizing the overall context in which the respective woman is described as a self-sacrificial saint. Although some of the recent researches appear to be noticing the other aspects which had been hidden behind the mourning, systematic and serious studies regarding the subject are still lacking. Therefore, this research aimed to observe the internal emotions the Seonbi feels in the face of his wife’s death, and the backgrounds on which such feelings were generated. Namely, I intended to find out why the husband felt so wretched about the separation from his wife, and what aspects and deeds of the wife the husband missed the most, by examining actual cases. The Seonbi of the Joseon Dynasty wrote the Jaemangshilmoon with tenderness and care, recalling his love for and memories of the wife. They even risked revealing the situations they were in, to add a lively touch to the oration. By doing so, they were wishing that the deceased would receive the offerings and go on to a better place in the world beyond. Also, in such processes, the Seonbi let loose their dependent and weak aspects rather than maintaining the stately posture of a Seonbi, who is supposed to pursue justice, faith, and a perfect personality, throughout the descriptions of the past deeds of the deceased, confessions, and even peevish appeals. This appears to portray their inner yearnings for ‘dependent / maternal love’ and protection of their wives. This may be presumed to be the natural consequences of the ‘maternal instinct,’ which is the original characteristic of a woman; however, even taking such suppositions into consideration, the Seonbi’ attitudes seen in the Jaemangshilmoon may be said to be excessively dependent. Of course, man and wife are supposed to form a multifarious relationship they play various roles such as friends, brother and sister, and guardians as they proceed with life. Humans, being social animals, cannot rely on a single relationship throughout the course of their lives. Therefore, it is most natural to attempt multifarious relationship formation with one’s spouse, who is the all-time companion. We may understand the diverse forms of love the Seonbi of the Joseon Dynasty had for their wives in this context. Nevertheless, considering their social background, in male patriarchs dominated the familial controls, as well as the typical picture of the strong and resolute Seonbi known up to now, it is worth noticing the weak and dependent aspects of them, yearning for maternal love from their wives.