새로 발견된 김한계,배임 조사문서朝謝文書와 조선초기 오품이하 고신告身의 변천

Abstract

There have been three items of Josa documents recently discovered. Josa documents only existed during the late Goryeo and early Joseon Dynasty years, and over the years the academia had various opinions on what the documents are. The additional discovery of Josa documents are expected to progress academic discourse as the research on the era of late Goryeo and early Joseon Dynasty had to rely only on government records such as Silok. Two items of Josa documents issued to Kim Hangyeo are those of a Gocheop style issued by the Ministry of Personnel to 6th Pum civil officers, while those issued to Bae Im are documents issued to the same person on the same day as the existing Josa documents. On the same day, the 7th Pum officers were issued a Hacheop style document, while 6th Pum officers were is sued a Pyeongcheop style document, which has been verified. Moreover, the paper reviews the identity of appointments of low-level officers that are of grade 5th Pum or lower during the early Joseon Dynasty before the appointment of low-level officials became well established. Josa documents issued during the early Joseon Dynasty were in themselves an official appointment document. They went through a series of systemic evolutions in each era and became low-level officers of 5th Pum or lower in the Gyeongguk Daejeon system. This paper verifies this based on the articles recorded in the Silok and the original copies of the ancient documents.