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A Study of the Parting Records Related to Wolsa Yi Jung-gui’s Gwanbokjucheong Jinjujeongsa

Kang, Soon-Ae 1

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This paper studies the records of farewell to Wolsa Yi Jung-gu (1564∼1635) when he left for his gwanbokjucheong jinjujeongsa by analyzing Royal Noble Consort Gong and chusung (giving the title of king or queen after the person’s death), Wolsa Yi Jung-gui’s diplomatic activities for the gwanbokjucheong, and the parting records related to the gwanbokjucheong jinjujeongsa. Gwanghaegun pursued the chusung plans for his birth mother Gongbin in the second year of his reign (1610). Gwanghaegun had different views from his servants on the issues of raising Gongbin of the Kim clan to the status of queen or queen consort, of taemyo and wonmyo in the ancestral ritual formalities, and of the bumyo and crowning of the Royal Noble Consort Gong. The first jucheongsa on December 11 in the fifth year of Gwanghaegun’s reign (1613) succeeded in receiving gomyeong for Royal Noble Consort Gong from the Ming Dynasty. To receive the gwanbok (the official attire) needed for Royal Noble Consort Gong’s chusung, Gwanghaegun dispatched dongji and jinjusa Min Hyeong-nam and busa Heo Gyun to the Ming Dynasty on the second gwanbokjucheong on August 8 of the leap month in the seventh year of his reign (1615) ; they failed in their mission, however. For the third gwanbokjucheongsa on November 4 in the eighth year of Gwanghaegun’s reign (1616), the king selected Wolsa Yi Jung-gui while Yu Gan was the busa. The core content of the orders in Wolsa Yi Jung-gui’s diplomatic activities were the justifiability of receiving gomyeong and the gwanbok for the gwanbokjucheong, the instances in the 11th year of Seonghwa (1475) and the 17th year of Seonghwa (1481) during the Joseon era in which China’s Prince of Jing granted permission for chaekmyeong and the gwanbok, and a earnest request that Gwanghaegun be allowed to receive the gwanbok to pay utmost respects to his parent. Gwanbokjucheongsa Yi Jung-gui, busa Yu Gan and seojanggwan Jang Ja-ho were dispatched as envoys on November 4th in the eighth year of Gwanghaegun’s reign (1616) and returned to Hanseong on August 19 next year after receiving the gwanbok. Royal Noble Consort Gong’s gwanbok was placed in the taemyo on September 17. With this, Gwanghaegun completed the chusung for his mother, an undertaking which lasted seven years. Thirteen poems remain as the parting records related to the gwanbokjucheong jinjujeongsa ; they are written by Ki Yun-heon, Kim Sang-yong, Min Hyeong-nam, Bae Dae-yu, Yu Suk, Yu Yeok, Yi Gak, Yi Chun-won, Jeong Yeob, Jo Wi-han, Jo Jon-sae, Hong Myeong-hyeong and Hwang Ik-jun. The poems consist of one 20-stanza 40-line heptasyllabic poem, three pentasyllabic regulated verses, six heptasyllabic regulated verses, one pentasyllabic regulated verse combined with a heptasyllabic regulated verse, and two instances of a heptasyllabic regulated verse combined with a pentasyllabic regulated verse. All the rhyming characters are in the neutral tone with ji and gyeong being used three times each ; seon, mi and cheong used two times each ; and yang, han and eo used once each. Most of the poems speak of Wolsa Yi Jung-gui, selected by Gwanghaegun as the third jucheongsa to request the gwanbok for Royal Noble Consort Gong, as being peerless as a man of letters. They also compare his mission, his third journey in nineteen years, to China’s Zhang Qian’s search for the source of the Huang He. They also wish for Wolsa to do his best in receiving Royal Noble Consort Gong’s gwanbok since the king is doing his utmost for his parent and the fate of the Royal Court rests on the mission. Additionally, the sentiments expressed when parting with him include concerns about his health, disconsolation, sadness of parting and woeful emotions. This study will be used hereafter in the most basic studies of private records as well as in those of bibliography, record management, history and Korean language.

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