조선 전기 改名牒과 조선시대 개명첩 양식의 변화 - 1582년(선조 15) 鄭雴(1554~1640) 改名牒을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This article first examines the newly uncovered gaemyeongcheop(改名牒, official note of name change) from the early Joseon period and then the diachronic changes of name change documents across the Joseon period. The name change documents of the Joseon period were usually issued as cheop(牒) in the early Joseon period and cheop(帖) in the late Joseon period. Although the gaemyeongcheop of the early Joseon period have been hitherto unknown, the present study confirmed the presence of the gaemyeongcheop of Jeong Lip(1554–1640) at the Okcheon Rural Exhibition Hall, which was issued in 1582. Unlike documents from the late Joseon period, this document was printed from woodblocks that were used to carve out the document template after which the time of issue and names were filled in using a brush. Furthermore, considering the fact that terms that disappeared after 1433(Sejong year 15), such as jishinsa(知申事, the name of a government post), appear in the document, and that the discussion pertaining to 1415(Taejong year 15) are reflected in the document, it seems the same format of gaemyeongcheop had been issued up to 1582 when the present document was issued after the document format had been determined prior to 1433. The present article examines four newly discovered name change documents from the Joseon period together with previously known name change documents and analyzes changes in format by period. The results show that documents from the 17th century after the Japanese invasions of Korea exhibit transitional characteristics wherein the documents change from cheop(牒) to cheop (帖), with the format becoming established in the 18th century and continuing on into the 19th century. The present document is material from the earliest period out of all known name change documents and the latest in terms of issue date out of all documents in the gocheop format(故牒式, an official document issued from a government agency to an individual), so it carries value with regard to its method of production, content, and for having extended the upper and lower limits of all documents transmitted to the present time.