This study first tried to understand the relationship between the direction of rituals and system organize and the relationship with Song Dynasty(宋) centering on the King Seongjong of the Goryeo Dynasty. Next, King Seongjong tried to examine the pol...
This study first tried to understand the relationship between the direction of rituals and system organize and the relationship with Song Dynasty(宋) centering on the King Seongjong of the Goryeo Dynasty. Next, King Seongjong tried to examine the political and cultural significance of King Seongjong by examining how he organized national rituals and systems and their characteristics. The main contents are as follows.
King Seongjong looked at the idea of a great king[大王意識] from the reign of King Taejo. Next, King Seongjong referred to the ancient Chinese system, ritual systems of Tang and Song dynasties, Taejo Yu Pung and Gwangjong's reform of Qingje Geonwon(稱帝建元), and Silla customs. As a result, rituals and institutions were reformed in many ways. In this respect, King Seongjong was an Enlightenment monarch. Also, King Seongjong has a new path It established a system of Ritual as the Dynasty of the "Je-wang(帝王)". The Song Dynasty saw the Goryeo Dynasty as a country that achieved the same civilization as them, or "Seogye Dongmun(書契同文)".
As described above, King Seongjong actively utilized his relationship with the Song Dynasty. He completed the practicality of "the maintenance of ritual and system" by performing the cause of "Sadae(事大)". The political and cultural meaning was that King Seongjong pursued the reorganization of the agenda based on "the idea of Je-wang(帝王)". This later opened a new way for the Goryeo Dynasty in terms of advanced civilization and the pursuit of new politics.