공자의 예악사상과 정도전의 궁중정재

Abstract

Confucianism was introduced to the Chosun society by Taejo (Yi Seongkye) to justify his royal authority held by a dynastic revolution. The lord and vassal of Chosun dynasty became familiar with Ye-ak thought during adoption of Chinese Confucianism, and they tried to use them in the Court Jeongjae to enlighten the people. Jeong Dojeon was the central figure in the middle of that activity. So the Court Jeongjae was born to claim the legitimacy of the Chosun dynasty, and extol virtue and accomplishments of forefathers and the lord. Therefore, Ye-ak thought in Court dance was most important and essential element as an origin and also fundamental philosophy of court dance. In this paper, the authors analyzed the meaning of the Court dance in the early ear of the Chosun dynasty through studying Monggeumchuck, Moondeoggok, and Sooborok written by Jeong Dojeon. Apparently, the Court dance was created as a political means for justifying authority of Taejo (Yi Seongkye), but, actually, it was written for the dream of realizing an ideal country of Jeong Dojeon himself. So his Akjang was reduced and eliminated from the original program of the Court Jeongjae due to that reason, but his achievements became a groundwork for the Court dance. This paper focused on the new approach in understanding of meaning of the Court dance through investigatingJeong Dojeon who developed them for the purpose of political enlightenment of the people rather than meaning of dance itself.