弘齋 正祖의 國家典禮정비와 그 의미

Abstract

It is seen that the entire frame of the national rites policies done during the era of King Jeongjo had been already prepared in the era of King Yeongjo and their whole direction also followed the keynote succeeding from the era of King Yeongjo. King Yeongjo compiled various rites related books such as GukJoSokORyeEui, GukJoSokORyeEuiBo, GukJoSok ORyeEuiBoSeoRye and etc all as fundamental works for maintenance of national rites. Such national rites as ChinGyeongRye, ChinJamRye and etc were restored as a part of the big maintenance work of national rites. King Jeongjo executed the maintenance of national rites based on such achievements done by King Yeongjo. Even considering such maintenance history, however, we should not neglect the point that all the maintenance processes of national rites sought by King Jeongjo had been performed in the bigger frame made for realization of ideal courtesy-music based politics that King Jeongjo worked for. For ‘Maintenance of National Rites’ understood by King Jeongjo was external realization of courtesy and music. King Jeongjo's compilation of such big volume based books as GukJoORyeTongPyeon and ChunGwanTongGo is evaluated as an effort for realization of courtesy-music based politics by executing national rites with detailed record of the entire status of national rites used everywhere in a country. Since King Yeongjo attended the national rites more than any king before him through maximization of his actual practice, King Jeongjo refined various national rites more finely. As a result, the national rites during the era of King Jeongjo could be performed more systematically than any king's era in the Joseon dynasty. This achievement could be made especially because he secured the map of national administration for realization of courtesy-music based politics even early in his era and knew that the big plan for maintenance of national rites was a key task for realization of courtesy-music based politics.