Abstract

Jobok(朝服) is official attire worn for official morning meetings between monarchs and servants. It is worn as an official attire that applies to various situations. This study clarified the types and elaborate ceremonies of inquiry rituals based on the Codes of the Early Joseon Dynasty. It analyzed the attire of officials who participated in each tradition. This study reviewed the literature from a new perspective. Although it is essential information for understanding the situation of wearing clothes, we analyzed data that has not been noticed in the history of clothes. The study results are as follows. In a dictionary sense, government officials’ Jobok means clothes worn when meeting the king and is the concept of Jobok worn when participating in the morning meeting with the king. The official morning meeting is to greet the king, solidify the ruling order, and discuss political affairs. Moring official meetings for the early Joseon Dynasty were formalized as ‘Joha(朝賀),’ ‘Jocham(朝參)’ and ‘Sangcham(常參)’ in 『Gyeongguk Daejeon(經國大典)』. The official’s morning meeting attire was defined as Jobok, Gongbok(公服), and Sangbok(常服), according to the size and nature of the ritual. In the case of new year day and the winter solstice. the officials wear a Jobok to the king, a Gongbok to the prince in the morning greeting, and a Sangbok to the Jocham and Sangcham. In Sakmang(朔望), the officials wore Jobok but after 1433(the 15th year of King Sejong’s reign), the wearing regulations have changed to Gongbok. In the case of various rituals on the same day, such as the Lunar New Year and the winter solstice, the official wears Mangwolrye(望闕禮) and Jobok during the morning greeting to king and queen the official wears Gongbok during the greeting to the crown prince. Officials wear appropriate costumes for each ritual and move to the place where each ritual is performed to participate in the ritual.

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