조선후기 공주와 옹주, 군주의 嘉禮 비교 연구

Abstract

Princess and Ongju (翁主, a king's daughter by a concubine) are defined as daughters of a king and Gunju as a granddaughter of a king. Weddings of them were solemnized as royal nuptials. Gukjo-oryeui(國朝五禮儀, a book on manners and procedures of five rituals in Chosun Dynasty), a book on national ceremonies contains nuptials of princess and Ongju and those of Gunju were also performed as royal nuptials which were prepared by government offices since royal nuptials were referred to weddings held by operating national budgets under the supervision of governmental institutions. Nuptials of these royal princesses were conducted by the Ceremonies Board. The Ceremonies Board documented specific aspects of Garye(嘉禮, a different term for nuptials) of royal princesses and compiled them as Deungrok(謄錄, records on previous examples). Therefore, this article investigates Garye of royal princesses in detail and its historical meaning through Deungrok which is of value as a material second only to Euigwe(儀軌, records on contents of royal and national major events in Chosun Dynasty), a Memory of the World. Nuptials of princes and princesses occupy a central position in a range of royal intermarriage and political and social relations. Royal nuptials are a display of royal status and they are closely intertwined with structural relations of the nation. On the characteristics of Yechi society(禮治社會, a society governed by the properties) where the properties have considerable influences on systems of order, sharp distinctions in procedures and scales are demonstrated on Euiju(儀註, procedural rules on ceremonies) and Seorye(序例, basic manners of ceremonies) according to classes ranging from kings to their concubines based on diversity of their positions. Therefore, it is needed to realize a complete form of nuptials, one of initiation ceremonies of royal princesses', to clarify and understand the royal culture of the time. Procedures of royal princesses' nuptials are similar to those in Garye(家禮). One difference is that talks of marriage in royal families follow Samgantaek (三揀擇, three procedures of selecting a bride and a groom). After a son-in-law of the king is chosen, presents are exchanged between royal family and that of the king's son-in law and they have a wedding reception, which makes superficial procedures of royal nuptials similar to those indicated in Garye. Since Garye of royal princesses was still a royal nuptial, however, cases of noble families(士大夫禮) in its detailed procedures, formality, dignity and scale were totally incomparable to those of royal ones(王朝禮).