조선초기 吏文의 편찬과 對明 외교문서의 성격

Abstract

The international system of East-Asia, Tribute system(朝貢體制) was strengthened in the side of system unlike former time at the very end of the Goryeo and early Joseon. The case especially of the diplomacy documents were made when there were diplomatic issues, according to diplomatic goals. Some of the Joseon's Sadae documents(事大文書) in the Ming period included 'p'yomun', 'jonmun', 'jumun', 'jangmun', 'jamun', 'gyemun', 'sinmun', 'jeongmun'. With the reorganization of government organs in the early Joseon period, the Seungmunwon became important as the significance and demand of Sadae documents increased due to the urgent development with Ming. Sadae documents hold a key post in Joseon, unlike other state documents. The preservation was a form of registration, since it was impossible that all documents were preserved. A few forms were organized, such as 『Imun(吏文)』 in the early of Joseon. While these documents were the original copy, they have historical importance in terms of summarizing the foreign affairs. The storage of Sadae documents made full use of the foreign affairs and policy. Joseon knew the necessity of the 'Imun' and trained the expert in the early. 『Imun』 is composed of the introductory remarks of the glossary, and 2-4 volumes of Sadae documents, and included in the diplomatic documents are those from 1370 (Kongminwang 19, Goryeo dynasty) to 1478 (Seongjong 9), 93 documents. It was important that these documents had a democratic gravity to Ming. Also, They reflected the decision-making process of foreign policy to Ming. However, works on this subject have been insufficient in spite of it`s importance. The existing research emphasized the value to be Korean literature about the 『Imun』, but that was to arrange the diplomacy document so very important as materials for studying the diplomatic history of the early Joseon dynasty.