신라 중대 彩典의 정비와 宮廷 畫院의 정립

Abstract

As a procedure for regulating the implementation of ideas and ideals, rituals were actively used to strengthen ruling power and governing systems in both the East and the West, ancient and modern, and Silla was no exception to this trend. Such rituals would have led to the creation of paintings as well as written records, and it is believed that the taejeon played a meaningful role in the Silla government. Although the function and character of the Chaejeon(彩典) is generally understood as a government office that had jurisdiction over painting in Silla, no serious consideration has been made regarding its specific organization and management. In this study, we examined the background and development process behind the establishment of Chaejeon, which played a meaningful formal role in Silla's national rituals. The establishment of Chaejeon's administrative bureaucracy, Juseo(主書), which was carried out with the acceptance of the Tang system under Queen Jindeok(眞德女王), signified the appearance of the official Royal painting court(宮庭畵院), and was the beginning of an important ritual for Silla. The reason why only working officials were established for the relevant government offices, rather than starting from the beginning with completed government offices, was because the focus was placed on substantive functions rather than formalities. The roles of Royal painting court varied in proportion to the scale and content of state rituals. The most important task was the production of portraits, or Eojin(御眞), of the king. Along with such manufactured products, court rituals were also covered. These included enthronement ceremonies(卽位禮), royal weddings(婚禮), military ceremonies(軍禮), Royal funerals(葬禮), and Ha-jung-rye(賀正禮). Solgeo(率居), who was active at the time, was a representative Royal artist of Silla dynasty. In the reign of king Shinmun(神文王), the function and phase of Chaejeon began to change. In addition to the intention of establishing a unified nation's governing structure, it also contained the intention of flaunting the further strengthened authority of the king. Chaejeon has the status of a Royal painting court that systematically educates and trains Royal artist. In addition to the pictorial completion of national rituals, this measure symbolized the establishment of Confucian national rituals.