『經國大典』 판본 연구

Abstract

Immediately after the birth of the Joseon Dynasty, it embarked on integrating a code of law for the government administration. As a result, Gyongjeyukjeon was established in 1397. Gyongjeyukjeon was repeatedly revised and supplemented through long discussions. In 1485, almost a hundred years later, it was finally completed as Gyeongkukdaejeon. Gyeongkukdaejeon was the Code which became the foundation of the legal system of Joseon Dynasty. Gyeongkukdaejeon was repeatedly revised and supplemented through long discussions. Since the first Gyeongkukdaejeon had been published, it was revised four times in 1469, in 1470, in 1473, in 1484. These Codes are each called ‘gyongindaejeon’, ‘sinmyodaejeon’, ‘gabodaejeon’ ‘ulsadaejeon’. Among these, only sinmyodaejeon and ulsadaejeon were found. Gabodaejeon is known to have been found, but it is unknown where it is. Ulsadaejeon was the completed version of Gyeongkukdaejeon. It had remained the single main code until the next general code Sokdaejeon(續大典) in 1746. Since the first edition of ulsadaejeon had been published in 1484, about 66 editions or more of ulsadaejeon were published in Joseon Dynasty. Among them, there are three sets of Ulsadaejeon published in the 16th century, which were first introduced to academia this time. Studies of Gyeongkukdaejeon require that a comparative analysis about these various editions of ulsadaejeon.