18세기 국왕의 왕실자료 편찬과 봉모당

Abstract

This paper examined royal documents compiled by King Sukjong, King Gyeongjong, King Yeongjo and King Jeongjo who wielded strong leadership in the 18th century and the process of storing these royal documents after King Jeongjo built the Bongmodang at Gyujanggak, the royal library. In the late Joseon period, when the new king took office, it has become common to publish previously published royal writings with the addition of the late king's writings. In particular, King Yeongjo compiled his own writings several times, and published dozens of separate books on his writings. Since the construction of the Bongmodang, King Jeongjo has kept the writings of all kings. The significance of the construction of the Bongmodang by King Jeongjo was as follows. First, it symbolized the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty to Joseon, keeping the seal of state that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty abdicated to the king of Joseon. Second, keeping the remains of the former kings in bulk, King Jeongjo valued and succeeded the achievements of his predecessors. Third, King Yeongjo's laws and politics that should be imitated by King Jeongjo were kept intensively. Most of the items stored in the Bongmodang were the King Yeongjo’s writings. Fourth, King Jeongjo kept items that King Yeongjo recognized the legitimacy of Crown Prince Sado and King Jeongjo. King Yeongjo asked the Crown Prince to perform his filial duty in the lecture to the Crown and acknowledged that King Jeongjo was the filial grandson on the silver stamp and the lecture given to the King. Crown Prince Sado’s items stored in the Bongmodang served as a basis for King Jeongjo's strengthening of the status of the Crown. Bongbodang was an annex to Gyujanggak built by King Jeongjo with such diverse purposes.