외조부 홍봉한에게 보낸 정조의 편지 - 야마구치[山口]현립도서관 소장본 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate a collection in the Yamaguchi Prefectural library, which is one of the Prince's letters and the King's letters King Jeongjo(1752∼1800, the period of reign 1776∼1800) had sent to his grandfather Hong bonghan(1713∼1778). King Jeongjo's mother's side of the family, Poongsan Hong's family, bound the 58 volumes of books and letters of three generations, King Yeongjo, Crown-prince SadoSeja, and King Jeongjo in August, 1806. It is known that the Yamaguchi Prefectural library possesses the total of 13 volumes out of them, which are each one volume of King Yeongjo's 25 autographic letters, one volume compiled with 26 letters and one writing Crown-prince SadoSeja sent to his father-in-law, 4 volumes compiled with the Prince's and the King's letters King Jeongjo wrote to Hong bonghan, his grandfather of his mother side, 5 volumes compiled with the Prince's and the King's letters of King Jeongjo to Hong nakssin and Hong huyeong, and 2 volumes compiled with King Jeongjo's writings that Hong nagyun had preserved. This study explores totally 9 volumes of the letters which contain 4 volumes with the letters King Jeongjo wrote to Hong bonghan and 5 volumes with King Jeongjo letters of to Hong nakssin and Hong huyeong. Ten volumes are also explored, which consist of 311 picture of letters, 2 picture of poems, and 15 picture of king's letters King Jeongjo sent to Hong bonghan. They are parts of the letters Poongsan Hong's family compiled. It is confirmed that a total of 6 volumes, which are one volume in the Academy of Korean Studies, one in the National Library of Korea, and four in the he Yamaguchi Prefectural library, have been transmitted. The number of the letters King Jeongjo had written to Hong bonghan from his childhood causes supposition that he had a special relationship with his grandfather and the texts of the letters provide a glimpse of his love and consideration to Hong. The prior study on King Jeongjo's letters demonstrates that every single of his letters has significant meaning as remarkably reliable historical records since a decent number of the stories have been documented in ≪The Annals of Joseon Dynasty≫, ≪Seungjeongwonilgi≫ and ≪Ilsungrock≫. By the study of the contents of the letters in addition to ≪Hongjae-jeonseo≫ and other historical documents which contain the situation, they give a glimpse of King Jeongjo's honorable treatment for Hong bonghan, special relationship between them, his consideration for his mother's side of the family, the political situation at the age, the measures King Jeongjo took to solve the harsh situation. This paper proposes to summarize Poem Albums compiled into 58 volumes by Poongsan Hong's family and briefly 9 Poem Albums of King Jeongjo out of collections in the Yamaguchi Prefectural library and to observe the contents of King Jeongjo's letters to Hong bonghan out of collections in the Yamaguchi Prefectural library.