조선 태종조 佐命功臣의 책봉 교서와 관련 문서의 기록 연구

Abstract

This paper gathered all records pertaining to the jwamyeong-gongsin (佐命功臣) who were appointed during the reign of Joseon’s King Taejong in order to see what records were made to appoint gongsin (功臣), meritorious subjects, and how these records were maintained through the gongsin’s political participation and changes. On January 15 of the first year of Taejong’s reign (1401), Taejong favored the 47 jwamyeong-gongsin who provided a political steppingstone for him by leading the Second Strife of Princes to victory, and classified them into four ranking groups to reward and record as gongsin. The gongsin were sometimes in the political front lines and sometimes excluded from it. An official document was sent from Uijeongbu to Gongsindogam on January 23, eight days after the royal certificate was issued, while on February 25 the gongsin were bestowed a royal certificate, nokgwon and sapae (賜牌) documents, which were grants of land and slaves. On February 12 of the first year of Taejong’s reign (1401), the king saw to state of affairs, held a white horse oath called sabhyeoldongmaeng (歃血同盟) with his jwamyeong-gongsin, and drew up and handed out a gongsin oath. On March 18 of the 15thyear of Taejong’s reign (1415), he issued portraits to the three gaeguk, jeongsa and jwamyeong gongsin respectively. On December 8 of the fourth year of Sejong’s reign (1422), the Gongsindogam or Directorate of Meritorious Subjects mentions portraits, the gongsin-nokgwon and the royal message of three gongsins who were guilty of wrong. Three first-ranking jeongsa-gongsin Jung Iee mu, Min Mu-gu and Min Mu-jil ; two third-ranking jeongsa-gongsin Jo Hui-min and Yu Kee ; and two fourth-ranking jeongsa-gongsin Jo Pak and Yun Mok had their portraits burned. This research will be used as the most basic research result in bibliography, records management and history.