濯纓 金馹孫의 伸冤과 追尊

Abstract

This study examines the process of posthumously vindicating and celebrating the life of Kim Il-son who died during the Muosahwa. This vindication and celebration of Kim Il-son’s life were not made by individual or by the actions of family members, but were led by a memorial community that sympathized with his death. First, the study looked into Kim Il-son's death and the injustice surrounding it, centering around Muosahwa and Jungjong-banjeong. The reason that Kim Il-son was sentenced to be executed was the great crime against Yeonsan-gun which was his praise of Kim Jong-jik and reproach of King Sejo by including Kim Jong-jik's Joui-jemun in the Sacho. As a result, not only did Kim Il-son suffer, but Kim Jong-jik's literary group, Sarim, was devastated as well. After a while, the Jungjong-banjeong took place, and in the process of liquidating the political heritage of the Yeonsan-gun era, the injustice of the people who had suffered during Muo-sahwa was redressed. In this process, Kim Il-son's perception of the Sacho was summarized as a private matter of personal resentment between Kim Il-son and Lee Guk-don that had gone the extreme, rather than Sejo’s usurpation of the throne, and his descendant's succession. It could be understood that he had conducted his duty as a historiographer called Sagwan. Kim Il-son's political rehabilitation proceeded with Yoo Ja-kwang's political decline. Second, the study reviewed the follow-up activities of Sarim and the descendants of Kim Il-son by dividing them into the posthumous conferment of honors, posthumous title, graveyard construction, Seowon in memory of him (Confucian shrine-academy), and anthology publication. The posthumous celebration of Kim Il-son was made not only by the efforts of the Kim Il-son family, but was also completed by the political network of the royal court, central and local Sarim, and Kim Il-son family after the Mid-Joseon Dynasty. In the first place, the lost honor due to the controversial death of Kim Il-son could have been reinstated through the posthumous title and conferment of honors based on the efforts of the central and local Sarim, the succession of Kim Il-son, and the descendants of Kim Jong-jik family and Kim Il-son family. In addition, Kim Il-son's current grave is set up in Cheongdo after the grave had been moved three times, and was selected as the grave of Chunghyeon and built during the reign of King Seonjo. The tombstone was also built by the local government of Cheongdo, the scholars of the village, as well as the national and local communities participated in commemorating him. The Jagye Seowon for Kim Il-son became a private Seowon with the help of Noron Song Joon-gil in cooperation with the family and local people. In addition, the publication of Kim Il-son's writings was a result of the efforts and enthusiasm of the descendants of the Kim Il-son family and was fully supported materially by the government. As above, vindicating the legacy of Kim Il-son was possible with the Jungjong-banjeong, and the follow-up activities for the posthumous celebration were prominent in the King Jungjong, Seonjo, Hyeonjong, and the Reign of King Hyunjong, when the priesthood, which placed the importance of the harmony of the kingship and the priesthood, was superior to the period of a singularly strong kingship. The vindication of Kim Il-son and the posthumous celebration of Kim Il-son were carried out in a time when the priesthood was able to exert power.