조선후기 신숭겸 추숭 사업의 전개 양상과 신숭겸의 위상 변화

Abstract

In this paper, I summarized the aspects of the worship project for Shin Sung-gyeom, and explored the change of Shin Sung-gyeom's status in the late Joseon Dynasty Shin Sung-gyeom was a warrior who appointed Wang Geon of Goryeo as king and died heroically in place of Wang Geon in the Battle of Palgongsan Mountain. Shin Sung-gyeom was the founding contributor of Goryeo and made a great contribution to Wang Geon's unification of the Later Three Kingdoms. For this achievement, Shin Sung-gyeom was enshrined in the shrine of King Taejo Wang Geon during the Goryeo Dynasty, and was also enshrined in Sunguijeon Hall along with King Taejo of Goryeo during the Joseon Dynasty. In the late Joseon Dynasty, Shin Sung-gyeom worship projects were actively carried out nationwide. Deokyangseowon Confucian Academy was built in Gokseong, Jeolla-do, the birthplace of Shin Sung-gyeom, and Dongyangseowon Confucian Academy was built in Pyeongsan, Hwanghae-do, which was granted as the main building. Pyochungsa Shrine and Chungryeolbi Monument were built in Daegu, Gyeongsang-do, where Shin Sung-gyeom died, and Doposeowon Confucian Academy was built in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, where Shin Sung-gyeom's tomb is located. This was due to the situation in which Confucian academies were rapidly established nationwide in the late Joseon Dynasty. In the process of this worship project, Shin Sung-gyeom was transformed into a general who kept his principles with both literary and military to become an appropriate person enshrined in Seowon. In particular, Shin Sung-gyeom was summoned as a guardian of Chinese culture by preventing foreign invasion and protecting Chinese culture during the Manchu War. The small-Sinocentrism, which was highlighted in society in the late Joseon Dynasty, also affected the Sinsoonggyeom worship project.