고려 후기 權守平 家門의 성장과 그 시대적 의미

Abstract

This thesis is a study that examines the times of the time and its meaning through the growth and development process of the Kwon Soo-pyeong(權守平, ?-1250)’s family in the late Goryeo Dynasty. The Kwon Soo-pyeong’s family formed a major central family representing the late Goryeo Dynasty by continuing to grow after Kwon Soo-pyeong entered the center as a lower-level military officer during the Choi(崔) Families’ Regime. The growth process of this family is a representative example of the lower-level military officer family from the late Goryeo region converting into a powerful central civil official(文班) family. At the same time, it is possible to read the aspects of social changes in the late Goryeo Dynasty through a microscopic example of the growth of a family. Kwon Soo-pyeong is a person whose origin is not clear, and he is a positional figure who started from a lower-level military officer and rose the third grade of the official ranks(正3品) Chumilwonbusa(樞密院副使). He had limitations in his status, and he had difficulty in succeeding due to poor economic conditions. Nevertheless, Kwon Soo-pyeong was able to rise thanks to the peculiarity of the times called the period of Choi Families’ Regime. Kwon Soo-pyeong was a competent military officer and served generation after generation with his son Kwon Wi(權韙, ?~?) for the stability of the Choi Families’ regime. As a result, Kwon Soo-pyeong overcame several limitations and laid the foundation for the family in the center. After the collapse of the Choi Families’ regime, the Kwon Soo-pyeong family faced a major transformation by breaking away from the identity of being a close aide to the military ruler and participating in a human network centered on the existing civil servants. In addition to the relationship between examiner(座主) and protégé(門生) based on the Examination System(科擧制) and the recommendation system(薦擧制), marriage was a key network connecting the central civil society. Kwon Soo-pyeong's grandson, Kwon Dahn(權㫜, 1228-1311), played an important role in maintaining and developing the family after the collapse of the Choi Families’ regime. Kwon Dahn saw considerable political convenience by participating in the human network centered on Ryu Gyung(柳璥, 1211~1289), who was a powerful figure in the central region in the late Goryeo Dynasty, and formed an independent human network by producing civil servants himself. In addition, by this time, the Kwon Soo-pyeong family was recognized as a major member of the central civil service family by establishing a marriage relationship with the family of Ryu Gyung. Kwon Bu(權溥, 1262-1346), the great-grandchild of Kwon Soo-pyeong, lived an easy public life under the patronage of his grandfather-in-law, Ryu Gyung, and his examiner Park-hang(朴恒), along with the halo of his politically successful father. Moreover, he was favored by the king as the protégé of King Chungnyeol(忠烈王, r.1274-1308)(殿試門生) and worked hard to protect his political and economic vested interests independently. To this end, the Kwon-bu had to have the face of an noble scholar, and at the same time, the face of a greedy official who accumulated wealth by buying and selling government posts. On the other hand, the Kwon-bu recognized the ripple effect of Neo-Confucianism(性理學) as a new ideological trend, and tried to lead the trend of new advanced ideas and further lead the change of the overall central civil society. The results of these efforts did not appear in a short period of time, but it provided an important foundation for the intellectual bureaucrats who inherited the academic background of the early Neo-Confucianism recipients based on governmental studies(官學) to develop into a gro qup of political forces at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty.