This study aimed to find out the meanings of coming-of-age ceremony upon reviewing ‘Sangbyuntonggo(1783),’ a representative Lishu published by Dongam Jang Won Ryu who was a scholar in Yeungnam in late Joseon, including the establishment processes of the literature, its organization, and contents of coming-of-age ceremony, and investigating the implicated characteristics. 
 With respect to the view on coming-of-age ceremony in ‘Sangbyuntonggo,’ the first one is the process of practice to understand courtesy. Only when the behaviors of filial duty, friendship, loyalty, and following natural law are established, he or she can do the duty as a human-being and can manage the people only when he or she can do the duty. Above all, the attitude should be advanced to practice the courtesy to meet the duty as an adult. The second one is to do filial duty. Before and after the coming-of-age ceremony, the host makes the coming-of-age bow to the ancestors in the shrine. This is to remind the coming-of-age of the duty to perform filial duty that serves the ancestors with love. In addition, he or she promises performing appreciation and repaying kindness to them who had loved him or her with nurture and discipline until being a grown-up, upon greeting to the seniors in the family. The third one is to make him or her feel duty and responsibility. Considering that coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years old is to remind the responsibility as a grown-up, they should understand the duty as an adult to perform the ceremony with the sense of responsibility. This is to be responsible for everything he or she does, which is the course starting from the family and expanding into the society.
 With the sense of responsibility to realize the virtue as an adult, he or she should try to become a talent who can perform the role and responsibility well. From these with reminding the true meaning of the coming-of-age ceremony, plan of youth personality education should be prepared to solve the problems of youth which are the current social problems. Above all, approaching methods with a variety of formats should be followed to practice the coming-of-age ceremony in the center of families.