고려 태조~목종대 왕실의 편제－왕실 남성의 ‘태자(太子)’·‘군(君)’ 칭호를 중심으로－

Abstract

This dissertation aims at investigating the organization and legislative status of the royal family (wangshil, 王室) in the period of the early Goryeo dynasty before the Chinese nobility system (bongjakje, 封爵制) was adjusted according to the sociocultural foundation of the Goryeo society and brought to a conclusion as the Goryeo nobility system. After the establishment of the dynasty, the Goryeo court gave the official titles Jeongyun (正胤), Donggung (東宮), and Taeja (太子) to the destined heir to the throne and granted further potential aspirants an official title in the form of ‘royal Palace Name (宮院名) + Gun (君, Lord).’ This Gun title, based upon the name of the Queen Mother or one’s own Palace Name, is presumed to be related to a traditional Korean culture of ‘geononymy (宅號)’ that listed men in relation to women (wife and mother). This culture of geononymy can be seen as the remains of a cognatic social structure and a marital custom of matrilocality. In the biographies of the royal family in the History of Goryeo, most of the male members of the early royal family are listed as ‘○○Taeja (太子)’ or ‘○○Daewang (大王)’, which are not official titles but posthumous epithets. The system of posthumous conferment of Taeja and Daewang titles seems to have been established at least in Gyeongjong’s times. This system derived from that of the prosperous period of the Dang dynasty. In Gyeongjong’s reign, ‘Gaenyeonggun (開寧君)’, a new title completely different from before and not based on the Palace Name, appeared. In Gyeongjong’s reign, attempts to adjust the political system between Goryeo and China, which had been initiated under Gwangjong’s reign, continued. Gyeongjong tried to complete the royal organization for the deceased and alive members of the royal family.