국왕문서 ‘批答’의 연구

Abstract

Ancient documents are classified according to various factors: royal, public, private, quasi-public, domestic, or international. The documents on focus in this study are ‘Bidap', a kind of royal documents answering to his subjects' requests. In contrast to other royal documents, the Bidap has quite different qualities. In one respect, it is different from other royal documents in that it is the response to his officials's plea. That is, the other documents are mainly for unidirectional proclamation of the royal intention. As it was for other ancient Korean official documents, the Bidap was also originated from China. It is generally assumed that the Bidap in Korea appeared around Koryo dynasty. The Bidaps from Koryo dynasty are very similar to those of Tang and Song Dynasties of China. However, the Bidap had been adapted to the documental administration system of Koryo and Chosun dynasties, since it was introduced to the Korean peninsula. The Bidaps of Chosun dynasty followed the tradition of Koryo Dynasty. Eve though the Bidap was very important for daily management for national government, there was few independent and systematic research on the Bidap. Therefore, this article focuses on the comprehensive study of the nature, types, uses, writer, formality of Bidap.