‘정순왕후 송씨’를 둘러싼 기억과 그 거리

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine how the story about Danjong's wife, Queen Jeongsun Song is remembered in posterity and to consider its meaning, after restoring her life. The narratives of males, such as Danjong, Sejo and Sayuksin, who were related to Kaeyujungnan, received a lot of attention, but there is almost nothing known about Queen Jeongsun Song that was Danjong's wife. Hereupon, this study is focused on analyzing her images in posterity by making a close investigation of the records about her life. After Sejo ascended the throne, the traces of Queen Jeongsun Song were deleted. But after the 17th century, the Danjong restoration movement was raised and the records and traces of Queen Jeongsun Song appeared in earnest. The memory of her is divided into three layers. The first is the state-led memory like the True Record of the Joseon Dynasty, the second is the memory of Sadaebu(gentry) in Yadam, and the third is the folk memory, which has been passed down orally. In the state-led memory, she is recorded in an aspect of royal authority reinforcement to reestablish the past and emphasize loyalty of the courtiers. In Yadam, she is recorded as a mediator, who facilitated remarks to criticize politics and criticized Sejo circuitously. In the orally transmitted story, she is consoled and remembered as a main character with a lot of sorrow and a heartrending story. The memories of her restored in posterity were created under the necessity of society or individuals to remember the past. The time disconnected made the memories of her mixed up. Only some of the memories related to her life have been passed down like fragments. This shows that the memory of a person differs depending on the aspects of variation in various layers and the subjects to record the history.