요~금대 발해인 장호 가계 인물의 행적과 통혼 사례 분석

Abstract

Examined in this article are several important sources of information, such as official records, grave epitaphs(墓誌), and other inscriptions(金石文) from the Chinese Khitan Liao(遼) and Jurchen Chin(金) periods, during which a household of a Balhae descent with the last name Jang(張氏) produced several individuals for generations with a legacy worth examining in terms of social activities and marriages. Results of such examination show that the early figures of the Jang Ho household served the Khitan Liao government in the dynasty's middle and later period, and successfully established the foundation of the Jang house. Meanwhile, Jang Ho's two sons named Jang Yeo-wi(張汝爲) and Jang Yeo-yu(張汝猷), whose lives' detailed aspects were yet to be fully examined, turned out to be figures who had rather diverse and illustrious careers. Also revealed is the Jang house members' devotion to Buddhism, including the fact that Jang Ho and his father Jang Haeng-weon were all enshrined at Buddhist facilities after their death, as well as the fact that Jang Ho's older brother and sister became Buddhist priests and nuns, along with Jang Ho's general reverence toward Buddhist masters. Analysis of households which had marital relationships with the Jang house members also display a diverse group of houses. This means that the Jang house, in an attempt to maintain and also reinforce its own status and image, endeavored to arrange marriages with other houses with high social profile regardless of their races. And the fact that they were successful surely reveals that the Jang house's prominent social status was acknowledged and recognized by the rest of the society for generations.