慶大升정권의 성립

Abstract

Gyeong, Dae-seung(慶大升) was a descendant of Cheongju-Gyeong(淸州慶氏) family, much powerful in Cheongju, in the early period of Korea dynasty. The Cheongju-Gyeong family had became a member of the central government when the king, Munjong(文宗), had power. On the time of Gyeng, Jin(慶珍), his father, his family took an influential position in the central government as one of the powerful military families. Gyeong, jin had strengthened a social and political position much more, in particular, as he was married with the member of other military family. Thanks to such family background, Gyeong, Dae-seung had been appointed as Kyeowi(校尉), two years before a military upheaval occurred. It was not clear what stand Gyeong, Dae-seung and Gyeong, Jin took on the military upheaval. But Gyeong, Jin became a prime minister, Jaesang(宰相), and Gyeong, Dae-seung a head of Gyeonryeong gun(牽龍軍), Haengsu(行首), at the 4th year of the king, Myeongjong(明宗), in the early time of military regime. At that time, Haengsu in Gyeongryeonggun was such a position that most influential families wanted their sons to be, though the level of its position was not high. Like this, the reason that Gyeong, Dae-seung and Gyeong, Jin as a father and a son took such essential positions was due to the intimate and close relation with Jeong, Jung-bu(鄭仲夫). Gyeong, Jin could take a position of 'Jaesang' because he contributed to support Jeong, Jung-bu when Jeong, Jung-bu and Yi, Ui-bang(李義方) fought against each other. Gyeong, Jin died right after then, however, and Gyeong, Dae-seung met with a politicla crisis, too. In march, the 8th year of Myeongjong, Gyeong, Dae-seung was discharged from his position and his stand became weakened, due to the disputes between families in Cheongju. After this event, he disliked Jeong, Jung-bu and he finally decided to get rid of him through a coup. In September, the 9th year of Myeongjong, Gyeong, Dae-seung seized power in a military coup with about thirty carefully-picked men, and got rid of him and his troop. The crucial factor that he could succeed in his coup is a surprise attack with a few carefully-picked men secretly. After a success of coup, Gyeong, Dae-seung came into power. The power of Gyeong, Dae-seung was established but very unstable. Gyeong, Dae-seung felt uneasy all the time, he died of disease, the 4th year after he came into power, and his regime was finally collapsed.