기미통신사(1439)와 高得宗

Abstract

This article examines the Kimi Tongshinsa(1439) and Ko Deuk-jong(高得宗). First, we examine Ko Deuk-jong reflected in the literature. Ko Deuk-jong was born in Jeju and served as the highest government post during the Joseon Dynasty. He was well versed in writing, with his outstanding ability to create poetry and his reputation as a masterpiece. In addition, as a government official representing Jeju in the early Joseon Dynasty, he took the lead in improving and preparing various systems for Jeju. He was a lover of his hometown, who faithfully performed his role as a mediator between Jeju and the government. Second, the background of Kimi's dispatch and the traces of Go Deuk-jong were examined. Kimi Tongshinsa was ostensibly dispatched to continue long-standing friendly relations with the Japanese shogunate. However, behind the scenes, it was dispatched to directly understand the latest and ever-changing circumstances of Japan and to communicate with the Ouchiten(大內殿) in Japan, Ko Deuk-jong, who was appointed as the chief envoy of the Kimi Tongshinsa on April 29, 1439, left Seoul on July 11 and moved to Japan in August, meeting the Ashikaga-Yoshinori(足利義敎) on January 10, 1440. After receiving a reply on February 19, he returned to Korea and was reinstated on May 25. This completed his 10-month envoy's schedule. Third, the contents of the literary activities surrounding Ko Deuk- jong's missionary work were examined. Ko Deuk-jong did not leave a book of speculation, but traces of it are found in other people's writings, records of the envoy's journey, and his own collection, Yeonggok-Yugo(靈谷遺稿). A farewell poem of Kang Seok-deok praised Ko Deuk-jong as the right envoy to receive great hospitality from the Japanese, and Shin Sook-ju shows through a reply poem that Ko Deuk-jong wrote a poem to mourn the Antoku Emperor(安德天皇) of a Amita-Temple. Also, his poem ‘A poem written after drifting in the sea after encountering a typhoon on the way to Jeju to meet parents’, is actually a poem written by his hometown during the speculation, unlike the title. Therefore, it was confirmed that literary activities surrounding Ko Deuk-jong's missionary work were also active, like ordinary missionary work. As such, Ko Deuk-jong is the general manager of Kimi Tongshinsa (1439) who succeeded Musin Tongshinsa(1428), and his diplomatic and literary activities have become an example of Gyehae Tongshinsa (1443). This study will be able to contribute to examining the specific aspects of the first half of the Joseon Dynasty Tongshinsa as much as those of Tongshinsa in the late Joseon Dynasty.