신라 진평왕대 내성사신의 설치와 그 배경

Abstract

The era of King Jinpyeong was a period when the royal authority was strengthen and the status of the royal family was enhanced. King Jinpyeong established the centralized ruling system through governmental facility maintenance. He secured the essential system for management of state by aligning the central administration organization and arranged the foundation for management of the royal family by aligning the domestic organization. The alignments of the organizations were implemented two times throughout his reign. In the early period, he constituted SamgungSasin to formalize the organization in charge of tasks of the royal family, and its purpose might have been separations between the royal family and central adminstration organization. In the late period, he set up NasungSasin and made it play a role as SamgungSasin, this measure might be in order to consolidate the position of the domestic organization and to expand its function. NasungSasin can be regarded as a policy for strengthening the status of the royal family. On the other hand, Yong-su as NasungSasin can be understood in a different perspective. In the view of the period, NasungSasin was constituted after the time when King Jinpyeoung decided to hand over the throne to Seonduk . This decision caused three problems. The first one was how to solve the repulsion of members of the aristocracy who were excluded from the centralized ruling system. Seonduk ‘s accession did not accord with the royal policy that claimed to support Buddhism. Therefore, someone who could manage the repulsion from the aristocracy for the stable process of the succession to the throne was needed. Next, the novel ideology was required for Seonduk’s accession. According to the record that the succession of Seonduk was due to the absence of the Seonggol male, Seonggol might become an alternative ideology. Assuming that Seonduk ’s Seonggol was not an idea based on deification, but on rationality, it might be relative to Confucianism rather than Buddhism. There might be consideration on an awareness of Confucianism when the king appointed NasungSasin. The last problem was that Gojo of Tang dynasty had a negative attitude towards Seonduk ‘s accession. King Jinpyeong may have taken notice of the military foundation to maintain favorable diplomatic relationship against Tang. Recognizing Tang’s interest in the conquest of Goguryeo, he might have appointed a person who had military competence to be the NasungSasin. Therefore, Yong-su might be appointed as NasungSasin, as the king thought him to be eligible for the position.