조선 성종조 거버넌스체제 변화과정 분석

Abstract

Since the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, the eight kings before King Seongjong have mostly taken over the throne by themselves or inherited the throne from their fathers. In that respect, SeongJong’s succession to the throne was quite unusual. He did not take the throne himself, nor did he inherit it from his father, the king. He was not even the oldest son. His succession, moreover, cast doubt on the legitimacy of ‘GyeYooJungNan’ that caused by his grandfather, King Sejo, who abolished his 12-year-old nephew, Danjong, for strengthening his royal power. The political base of King Seongjong, who took over the throne at an early age, was very weak. There were political groups such as the Great Queen Jeong-hee, Han Myeong-hui and Shin Sook-joo who represented ‘WonSang(院相)’ as sponsors, but they also served as a limiting factor for the royal authority on the other hand. Perhaps the best thing that King Seongjong could do under these restrictions was to get a sincere royal education. King Seongjong received daily royal education(‘KyungYeon’) for these faithful monarchs from the beginning of the throne. So he went on to form what he called a good monarch, a sincere and diligent monarch. As part of his efforts to strengthen the royal authority after the abolition of regency by his grand-mother and the WonSang system, King Seongjong set up the HongMunKwan, appointed a close figure to him to SeungJeongWon, and appointed Kim Jong-jik who called as the representative of new and emerging forces to central government posts. This was intended to change the existing governance system. SeongJong's politics, which prevents power from being concentrated only on certain forces and makes good use of the check and balances among political groups, was certainly a “ninth-degree political strategy.” Based on the stabilization of this political governance system, King Seongjong achieved many achievements and became one of the greatest monarchs of the Joseon Dynasty. In this study, the process of establishing King Seongjong's reign was analyzed for data mining and network analysis by time. The study may also find its significance in understanding the political transformation of the Yeonsan-gun era after the death of King Seongjong.