고려 충선왕대의 문산계 개편 및 이후의 변화

Abstract

During his reign, King Chungseon of Goryeo renovated the Goryeo government’s Munsan-gye system twice, first in 1298, and then in 1308. In this article, the latter version is examined. This system of Chungsoen is known for all the new names given to the individual ranks, but another important difference from the previous Goryeo system was the Daebu portion, as in Chungseon’s system it began at Jeong-1 rank(unlike the previous Jong-1 rank) and ended in the 4th (unlike the previous 5th). With this new Munsan-gye system, Chungseon was able to remedy an age-old problem that plauged the previous system, in which the Munsan-gye rank awarded to an individual official did not match the rank of the governmental post that individual was in possession of at the time. Of course, there were some glitches in Chungseon’s new design as well, so two years later in 1310, he rectified such problems by modifying the 2nd and 5th ranks. Then later, his son King Chungsuk divided the Jeong-1 rank, while also renaming Chungseon’s Tongheon Daebu to Bongik Daebu (from King Chung’ryeol’s days), and even later, his grandson King Gongmin seems to have operated the system in a manner which led to the overall stature of the Chungseon-designed Munsan-gye system deteriorating a little bit. Nonetheless, this system developed by Chungseon was another example of his efforts in the early 14th century which continued with the intention of overhauling many aspects of the Goryeo system. Considering the fact that the system was maintained for nearly a century, which was not that short considering the previous system was only operated for less than two centuries, I think the system itself deserves more attention than it had from researchers in the past.