仁祖 전반기의 舊闕(昌慶宮)의 중건과 궁궐 경영 -『承政院日記』 인조 임어 기사의 분석 -

Abstract

In this article, the palace management that continued in the early half of King Injo’s reign(from his enthronement, and through the 14th year of his reign), and the renovation of the “Old Palace[舊闕]” (Chang’gyeong-gung/昌慶宮) which was the result of such efforts, are examined. At the time of Injo’s enthronement, there were two types of palaces being used inside the capital: the “Old Palaces” like Chang’deokgung/昌德宮 and Chang’gyeong-gung, which had already been renovated during King Gwang’hae-gun’s reign, and “New Palaces” such as Gyeong’un-gung/慶運宮 or In’gyeong-gung/仁慶宮 & Gyeong’deok-gung/慶德宮, which were only recently erected. Yet this situation considerably changed, coming into Injo’s reign. In the process of kicking Gwang’hae-gun/光海君 out of the throne, a fire broke out and incinerated the Chang’deok-gung palace. The Gyeong’un-gung palace was dismantled and returned to its original owner as well. Also, the ensuing insurrection of general Yi Gwal/李适 turned the Chang’gyeong-gung palace into ashes. This caused some trouble for the new government. The new regime, headed by King Injo, defined all the palace managements during the reign of Gwang’hae-gun as ‘bad governing(弊政),’ yet soon found itself in a dilemma which forced them to use all those palaces that they just labelled as examples of bad governing. Then, at the 10th year of Injo’s reign, the Injo government’s usage of palaces took a new and abrupt turn. After Queen Inmok Wang’hu/仁穆王后 died, a conspiracy of treason (and also an attempt to execrate the king himself) was revealed, and for safety issues Injo left the Gyeong’deok-gung palace. This was an intentional move on the king’s part, to minimize the political ramifications of the conspiracy, by leaving the place that was directly involved with the issue itself, for good. Injo, who decided to stay temporarily at the remaining Chang’deok-gung palace for the moment, dismantled the In’gyeong-gung palace next year and renovated the Chang’gyeong-gung palace. After the renovation was complete, he moved over to Chang’gyeong-gung, and until he was forced to leave the palace again due to the war with the Manchurian Qing(“Hu’geum”) forces, the Chang’gyeong-gung palace continued to serve as the king’s main residence. It was Injo’s intention to recreate the condition of the time of his initial enthronement, in which he began to live primarily at Chang’gyeong-gung right after he ascended to the throne.