특집 : 문종의 조선국왕 책봉의례 복식에 대한 논의와 그 의미

Abstract

The ceremony that was held to appoint Munjong as the new Joseon king was a very important event, for a couple of reasons. First, it was the first enthronement ceremony to be held after the completion of the Joseon king’s attire “based upon Ming ritual codes.” Second, it was the first ceremony ever (in the history of early Joseon days) for a king who was enthroned after his predecessor (father in this case) actually died. So, it was only natural for the Joseon officials to have different ideas over how to proceed in the official enthroning of this king. Interestingly enough, the most hotly debated issue was ‘what kind of attires Munjong should wear during the ceremony,’ as he was the predetermined king, yet ‘not one yet’ before the ceremony was actually over. After much deliberation, the attire for king Munjong was settled to be a royal robe with the color of Acheong-blue. This was to acknowledge the fact that king Munjong not yet achieved the new status which he would achieve [within the Ming ritual order] the moment he received the Enthroning edict (from the Ming Emperor). Hence the Acheong-blue robe, instead of the attire dictated by the Ming emperor, which only an ‘already-enthroned king’ would be allowed to wear. Also behind this decision was an intention to avoid using Joseon funeral codes, as they were different from those of Ming. The discussion over Munjong’s attire to be worn at his enthronement ceremony was a discussion to determine what kind of code the Joseon king should follow in a situation which was not yet clearly dictated in Ming codes. What is even more important, is the fact that Joseon wanted to fulfill its own specific role(分義) that would supposedly be permitted in Ming ritual order, and then created a new Joseon-style code of its own.