조선 초기 정도전(鄭道傳)의 법전(法典) 편찬과 주례(周禮) 이념

Abstract

This paper is to examine Zhouli(周禮, national rituals) ideology indicated on codification and corpus juris of Jeong Dojeon in early Joseon. Jeong Dojeon is the most prominent founding contributor of Joseon Dynasty and he established the foundation of 500-year-long Joseon period. Not only the ideology of Joseon foundation but the bureaucracy was formed completely with his own hands. He wrote 『Joseongyeonggukjeon』 in order to establish Joseon’s ruling organization to be served as norms for eternity and rendered it to King in 1394(the 3rd year of King Taejo). As everyone knows, Gyeongjeyukjeon system regards 『Zhouli』 of six categories with Heaven·Earth·Spring·Summer· Fall·Winter as the ideal national rituals, which is a classification scheme that forms the backbone of pre-modern Chinese governance and corpus juris. It had significant impact on administration and political systems of all time. The notion of unity between nature and human that tried to realize the natural order of Heaven· arth·pring·Summer·Fall·Winter in 『Zhouli』; benevolent governance theory with the property of benevolence(仁); governor politics theory that stressed publicness of politics and; Gyeongjeyukjeon system are all reflection of 『Zhouli』 ideology. However, 『Joseongyeonggukjeon』 is not a thorough version of corpus juris but a guideline that suggests ideology and future direction of Joseon law, which later served as a guide for publishing 『Gyeongjeyukjeon(經濟六典)』 and 『Gyeonggukdaejeon(經國大典)』.