왕실 의례를 위한 발기[件記]의 제작과 특성 - 1882년 왕세자 가례를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This article focuses on the wedding ceremony of the crown prince in 1882 as a case study to investigate the production background and philological characteristics of the checklists stored at Jangseogak Archives. Checklists, written as “balgi”(긔) in old Korean and “geon-gi”(件記) in Chinese, are a unique type of documentation in that they enumerate detailed descriptions of each and every thing or people on the list, a form rarely found in transcribed records (謄錄) or ritual protocols (儀軌). An examination of the checklists on the 1882 wedding ceremony of Crown Prince Yi Cheok (李坧: 純宗, 1874-1926) reveals that most of the checklist contents contain specific descriptions of goods used and a list of court maids (內人) and eunuchs (內官) who were directly involved in each stage of the ceremony. It is interesting to note that more than one checklist was produced on the same subject matter in those days using Korean or Chinese notations, depending on the purpose and checklist drafters. In addition, there were several Chinese versions with notations in different characters. The study of royal checklists is significant in revealing not only aspects of royal rituals but also the role of the people involved and the notations they actually used.