의례의 논리로 재구성한 고려시대의 왕권 －김아네스, 『고려의 국가제사와 왕실의례』 (경인문화사, 2019)－ = State Rituals and Kingship of the Goryeo Dynasty： A Review of Agnes Kim’s Research on State Rituals in the Goryeo dyansty

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This article is a critique of Agnes Kim’s book, which examines the structure of justification of royal authority or state power in the Goryeo Dynasty through Confucian-centered rituals.
I would like to point out some significances from the author’s research results. First, the author reproduced the political authority of the king, that is, the royal authority as a process of visualizing it through a consistent logic. Second, some concepts that were used a lot by researchers but had somewhat vague meanings were clearly explained. For example, the meaning of rites to heaven, and the explanation of the royal hierarchy through appointment ceremonies. Third, the author reconstructed the process of the coronation ceremony that was not clearly revealed. It logically explains the series of processes from the will of the former king to the enthronement and amnesty.
I raised several questions about the above research results. First, this book does not contain information on funerals for the royal family, including the king. Second, the author does not mention the way and space of the king’s political actions. Therefore, I think that the structure or process by which the state power acquires legitimacy through rituals has become ambiguous.