조선 전기 왕비의 수고명의受誥命儀 정착과 왕비의 위상 강화* = The Establishment of the Royal Consort’s Investiture Reception Ritual and the Consolidation of Queenly Status in Early Joseon

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This study examines the formation and consolidation of the ritual ceremony for conferring investiture patents (gomyeong) upon queens during the early Joseon period, analyzing its political and diplomatic symbolism. While adhering to Confucian principles and simultaneously demonstrating deference to imperial authority, Joseon developed a dis tinctive bifurcated ritual structure: the Yeongchigui, in which the king received Ming envoys, and the Sugomyeongui, in which the queen re ceived her investiture patent. The controversy over whether queens should receive their patents directly emerged at the intersection of value conflicts between Joseon and Ming and internal political circumstances within Joseon. Although Joseon maintained indirect reception as the general principle, the court demonstrated pragmatic flexibility by ac commodating direct reception in accordance with shifting domestic political dynamics, thereby securing the substantive legitimacy of royal investiture. Furthermore, the queen’s investiture patent functioned beyond a mere diplomatic document, serving as a political mechanism that established hierarchical order within the royal household and protected the queen’s status from arbitrary exercises of royal power. During peri ods of abnormal power transitions such as the Jungjong Restoration, the approval of the Queen Dowager who possessed an investiture patent became a decisive legitimating mechanism that guaranteed the new king’s political orthodoxy. In conclusion, the investiture patent for queens played a pivotal role in sustaining the Confucian ritual governance of early Joseon and in strengthening the political standing of royal women