실록에 나타난 세종 대 정책과 목면 고찰

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the descriptions of cotton in 『The Annals of King Sejong』. For this purpose, this researcher examined those descriptions in the following two ways. First, the researcher looked into policies related to cotton that were taken and implemented from the reigns of King Taejo to King Sejong. In this case, the researcher focused on main policies, especially in relation to agriculture, applied during the reign of King Sejong and examined how those policies had somethings to do with the cotton cultivation policy of that time. In association, the researcher reviewed the Section of Geography contained in 『The Annals of King Sejong』 in order to know where and how much cotton was cultivated and produced at that time. Second, this researcher classified the descriptions of cotton in the 『The Annals of King Sejong』 in accordance with content, and determined the application range of that fabric. In the reign of King Sejong, policies for the encouragement of agriculture were positively taken and implemented to stabilize the livelihood of the people. In a similar vein, King Sejong's own will to realize an idealistic state based on the Confucianist principle of ruling, democracy and the idea of love of the people brought the expansion of cotton cultivation and production. And applications of cotton showed a quantitative increase widely and explosively at that time. Thus, the cultivation and production of cotton during the reign of King Sejong was requested by the times and established as a key industry of the state.