『御製嚴堤防裕昆錄』의 저술경위와 辨誣사건

Abstract

This paper examined the circumstances in which 『Yugonrok』was written by King Yeongjo at November 1764 and the readjustment trouble thereafter. King Yeongjo had wrote a good many books for his 52 years' reign. He distinguished between right and wrong by bool writing especially for the issues politically sensitive and important, seeking to strengthening royal authority. King Yeongjo exercised his influence on political situations by making use of king's symbolism aggressively. In 『Yugonrok』, King Yeongjo made direct reference to the evils of factions and expressed his negative opinion toward sallim(山林). He asserted that if the root of factions was not eradicated to the bottom, its evils were more serious than flood and ferocious beast. Against such opinion of King Yeongjo, officials and yusaeng(儒生) of Noron(老論) origin had continuously sent up readjustment memorials to require to revise 『Yugonrok』or even remove its block book. In their requests, objection to Yeongjo's Tangpyeong-chaek(蕩平策) were hidden. King Yeongjo took such act as a direct challenge to king's authority and then serious conflict was created between the king and Noron faction. King Yeongjo meet the objection memorials strongly for several years, leaving 『Yugonrok』as a forbidden ground in that period. Succeeded King Jeongjo(正祖) could not include 『Yugonrok』into the complete works of King Yeongjo owing to political reason. The block book of 『Yugonrok』was varied in King Yeongjo's tomb. After all, the conflict around the book could be stopped when King Yeongjo died.