홍무제의 고려인 妃 周氏와 명으로 파견된 周氏 고려인

Abstract

This article have examined a fragmentary picture of how Goryeo-Ming relations unfolded, focusing on a Goryeo woman Zhou who remained in Dadu(大都) after the Yuan Empire was driven north, and her family who were sent to the court of the Ming Empire. Although there are definitely records related to Concubine Zhu and her family in sources such as History of Goryeo Dynasty(高麗史) and Veritable Records of Mingtaizu(明太祖實錄), it is not easy to reconstruct the story based on them because the records are not very detailed. However, there is a sentence in A Collection of Works of Mingtaizu(明太祖文集) that frankly reveals the feelings of Hongwu Emperor in relation to Concubine Zhu's brother, Zhuyi(周誼), so I was able to analyze it further and supplement the related inferences. In the turns of Goryeo-Ming relations from the end of the King Gongmin to the beginning of the King Wu, Concubine Zhu was not directly involved. However, Goryeo tried to promote relationship with Ming by sending members of Concubine Zhu's family as envoys. And although it does not appear in the records, Concubine Zhu may have been constantly worried that her brother would be harmed. Concubine Zhu, who rose from being a court woman(宮女) of Yuan to being a concubine of the Hongwu Emperor, is a very unique woman in history. She simultaneously represented the special status of a “dedicated woman”(貢女) in the Goryeo-Yuan relationship and the tension between the Goryeo-Ming relationship.