대한제국기 追贈·諡號 제도의 변화와 追贈文書·諡號文書 연구

Abstract

In the period of the Korean Empire, there were changes in the system related to posthumous conferment of honors and posthumous epithet in the process of reforming all sorts of systems for modernization. According to changes in the governmental post system after the Gabo Reform, the new regulations of posthumous conferment of honors and posthumous epithet were established. The system of posthumous conferment of honors enacted the rules and regulations of posthumous conferment of honors in 1900(4th year of Gwangmu), and revised the rules and regulations of posthumous promotion of honors in 1905(9th year of Gwangmu) and 1908(2nd year of Yunghee). According to the rules and regulations of posthumous conferment of honors and posthumous promotion of honors, the government post that conferred the posthumous honors like father, grandfather, great-grandfather was changed in the period of the Korean Empire. Also, besides the posthumous conferment of honors for three generations, the provision for special posthumous conferment of honors was added. The term of special promotion was used in the rules and regulations of posthumous promotion of honors in 1908. The posthumous epithet system was changed in the public office in charge or the process of discussing and deciding the posthumous epithet according to its internal rules of palace in 1908. As the existing Hongmungwan in charge of works related to posthumous epithet was abolished, the Gyujanggak and inside of palace handled the works related to posthumous epithet. The changes in the system related to posthumous conferment of honors and posthumous epithet in the period of the Korean Empire were reflected into documents of posthumous conferment of honors and posthumous epithet. According to the foundation of the Korean Empire and the enthronement of emperor, the royal order of posthumous conferment of honors and the royal order of posthumous epithet were used, instead of royal edict on posthumous conferment of honors and royal edict on posthumous epithet. The royal order of posthumous conferment of honors was changed to the government command on posthumous conferment of honors by applying the form of government command by Munmugwan in 1907(11th year of Gwangmu). The royal order of posthumous epithet was changed to the government command on posthumous epithet in August 1910(4th year of Yunghee) right after the Japanese Annexation of Korea. Some posthumous epithet documents include a case in which the royal order of posthumous epithet and government command on posthumous epithet of the same recipient of posthumous epithet present together. This is because a descendant of the recipient of posthumous epithet additionally requested the issuance of royal order of posthumous epithet after the issuance of government command on posthumous epithet. In case of posthumous epithet documents, a descendant of the recipient of posthumous epithet prepared the gilded red paper by oneself. The people of the time preferred the traditional royal order of posthumous epithet, so the royal order of posthumous epithet and the government command on posthumous epithet were remained together.