조선시대 대중국 외교문서의 접수ㆍ보존체계 = The reception and storage System of foreign documents against China in Joseon Dynasty

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The service that receive, store and preserve the foreign documents(事大文書) hold a key post in Joseon, unlike other state documents. It was important that these documents had a democratic gravity to China. Also, They reflected the decision-making process of foreign policy to China. However, works on this subject have been insufficient in spite of it`s importance.
The administration system of the foreign documents proceeded step by step in production, delivery, reception, and custody. They were classified the Joseon and the China document in first stage of reception. On the subject of production, the state document was classified as the institutional and personal things in the era of Ch'ing and Ming. Also, on the object of reception, they were classified as Sanghangmun(上行文), Hahangmun(下行文), Pyeonghangmun(平行文), and especially there was Imperial thing. They had a rigorous system of implementation, and the institutional and imperial documents were important in Joseon-China ties.
There was the imperial document which was issued in Joseon by the necessity of China or the demand of Joseon. While the document in relation to the enthronement of King as a rule was issued by King`s administration, It must be undertaken a thorough producing and issuing process by the demand of Joseon. The reception had four ways. the first way was that envoys transcribed the original copy, the second way was that the government dispatched an envoy, the third way was that the document was issued when envoy returned, and the fourth way was that the institution issued it in Joseon. While there was an enormous amount of transcription copy, they were ambiguous as official documents. The way which an Emperor or Chinese envoy issued had an entertainment burden. And they must have delivered the answer documents. But, it was an opportunity of democratic expansion for Joseon, when Chinese envoy visited.
The document issuance procedures of china was the reception of Joseon. A prompt report was most important in the reception procedures. In order to this purpose, the role of SunRhyetongsa(先來通事) was emphasized. The entertainment for envoy was controversial because they recognised him as Emperor`s spokesman. A division in charge of storing was Sungmunwon. While in the early founding of country, there was the drawbacks. King Sejong determined the Uiju(儀注) of the storing system and it was the criteria of production and preservation. It was enacted in Gyeonggukdaejeon(經國大典).
The preservation was a form of registration, since it was impossible that all documents were preserved. A few forms were organized, such as 《imun(吏文)》 in the early of Joseon, 《Seungmunwon deungnok(承文院謄錄)》 in the 15～16th century, and 《Dongmunhwigo(同文彙考)》 in the late of Joseon. While these documents were the original copy, they have historical importance in terms of summarizing the foreign affairs.
The storage of foreign documents made full use of the foreign affairs and policy. They often became a cause of the diplomatic quagmire. This argument based on the oriental political tradition of propriety(禮). Thus, it was necessary that Joseon organized the system of documents storage. In the result of that, 《Dongmunhwigo》 as summation of all documents was published, and publishing the continuation have continued until the fall of Joseon.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 머리말
• Ⅱ. 중국문서의 종류와 사대문서
• Ⅲ. 사대문서의 접수체계
• Ⅳ. 사대문서의 보존체계
• Ⅴ. 외교문제로서의 사대문서
• Ⅵ. 맺음말
• 〈ABSTRACT〉