정조대 의례 정비와 ..春官通考.. 편찬

Abstract

Reading Chungwantonggo 春官通考 complied in the era of King Jeongjo of the Joseon dynasty helps understand characteristics of key ceremonies of the royal family of Joseon dynasty and historical context at once, since various royal ceremonies written in Chungwantonggo give the entire picture of key ceremonies of the royal family throughout the Joseon dynasty as well as during the rule of King Jeongjo. Ceremonies written in Chungwantonggo as Geumui 今儀 are divided into three categories; those which were performed during this rule for the first time, those which were put in place since Gukjosogolaeui 國朝續五禮儀 of the King Yeongjo era, and those which had been performed from the early Joseon era without Euiju 儀註 and for which King Jeongjo laid foundation of Euiju. This relates to the fact that King Jeongjo tended to make records of an important occasion or event whenever it happened. King Jeongjo formalized and recorded most of Joseon’s royal occasions. For example, he ordered the recording of all the ceremonies which used not to be written before, so Chungwantonggo shows how those royal ceremonies were written in a national ceremonial book in detail. Although some see his attitude like this from a perspective of the Joseon-centrism 朝鮮中華主義, we can say it hints at his pressure and hitters to take full control of the country at the same, because it seems that he wanted to record all the details of the administration relative to the royal ceremonies by making records of all the ceremonies (events and occasions). In short, Chungwantonggo is clearly seen as literature proving how Joseon deserves the assessment as ‘a recording power.’ Unfortunately, the work was complied and not published, but it contains various contents, and the way it was written well describes all the details of the royal ceremonies synchronically and diachronically, which is very significant in that the literature in the era of King Jeongjo is more advanced than any era.