몽골시대 高麗의 王命

Abstract

The Goryeo Dynasty in the era of the Mongol Empire had dual-conceptualized standings especially in terms with the Empire; more specifically, although it was a 'nation' externally having an autonomous ruling power (or sovereignty, 社稷), Goryeo was, in the inner manifestation, a güregen(駙馬) that constituted a part of Dai Ön Yeke Mongghol Ulus, being in a status of imperial son in law through marriage with a princess of the Empire's royal family. Therefore, the relationship between the Goryeo and the Mongol was clearly far from that with the earlier Chinese dynasties being characterized by investiture and tribute, which meant that the Goryeo's political system including its administrative system was mandated to be in accord with that of the Empire. The Goryeo Dynasty in the era of the Mongol Empire replaced Sun-ji(宣旨) used up to then to Wang-ji(王旨), submitting to condemning pressure by Darughachi, executive officials designated by the Empire, where the former indicated an emperor's wishes issued by Chumil-won(樞密院, an advisory board to aid king) existing from the end of Tang Dynasty through Five Dynasties and North Song Dynasty. The Goryeo, taking Chumil-won of the North Song into consideration, established Jungchu-won(中樞院) through which Sun-ji was thought to be introduced. As the term Wang-ji was adopted by a king of the Goryeo Dynasty as mentioned above, orders of precedent kings or kings Shim(瀋王, a king forced to stay in China or Mongolia as a sort of hostage) were called Gyun-ji(鈞旨). The term corresponding to emperor's order or wish in the Mongghol Era was ‘ǰarliq’ in Mongolian, matching with Sung-ji(聖旨) in Chinese character or In-seo(詔書) when written in an imperative statement. Meanwhile, an order or wish commanded by an empress was in Chinese expressed as Eui-ji(懿旨); similarly, Young-ji(令旨) in the case of emperor's son (crown prince), Beop-ji(法旨) in the case of Jesa(帝師) and Gyun-ji(鈞旨) in the case of prime minister and king's son-in-law. Despite being different in terms of Chinese characters, they all equivalently meant ‘üge(言語)’ in Mongolic. In this sense, it can be known that such terminology used in Goryeo as Wang-ji and Gyun-ji be identical to Mongolian ‘üge’. There remains three pieces of scripts documenting the achievements of meritorious retainers from which orders of kings in the Goryeo Dynasty can be paleographically investigated. These documents were made following the Mongghol Empire's documental style. More strictly, they borrowed Gidu words(起頭語) that were typical in ancient Mongolian imperative sentences citing as ‘皇帝福廕裏(in the emperor’s grace)’. Nevertheless, the Goryeo Dynasty did not adopt the writing style of the Mongghol Empire called as Jikhaeche in a Mongolic language. Namely, main texts of the archive containing records about vassals of merit were made up with the use of Chinese characters by particularly conforming to the‘詔書’ style in terms of their Gyeolsa(結辭), an expression in the Chinese language style for delivering Sung-ji(聖旨, ǰarliq), which had been popular since Qubilai Khan. In other words, it could be concluded that documents with regards to meritorious retainers of the Goryeo Dynasty in the era of the Mongol Empire be written in ‘üge(言語)’ as part of Wang-ji. Since then, the Goryeo Dynasty once again pursued a new writing style for documentation amid the complicatedly developing foreign situations from anti-Won policy by King Gongmin to emergence of the Myung Dynasty and correlation with the North Won Dynasty in China.