徽慶洞出土 白磁靑華御製思修世子墓誌銘 = Tomb Tabrets of Crown Prince Sado

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The tomb of Crown Prince Sado(1735-1762) was discovered by Mr. Yi Jong-man at Dongdaemoon-gu Huigyeong-dong 29-1 in November 6th, 1968, where presently corresponds to a hill behind the University of Seoul. Five pairs of porcelain tomb slates with epitaph written on were excavated. In 1979, they were ultimately reverted to the National Museum of Korea as national properties.
The tomb consists of ten rectangular white porcelain tablets (16.7cm wide, 21.8cm long, and 2.0cm high). Blue-glaze was thickly applied to both frontal and lateral sides of the slates. Each tablets conveys an inscription on its either lateral sides ; on the right lateral side, is inscribed "Crown Prince Sado," and on the left lateral side, numbers to indicate the order of the tablets. More importantly, on the frontal side of each tablets, is inscribed an epitaph comprising more or less eight lines of 15 characters, stylized in the rectangular hand. The epitaph of the first pair of the tablets consists of 105 characters, the second, 120 characters, the third 117 characters, the forth, 120 characters, the fifth, 48 characters.
The content of the epitaph may be divided into five parts. The first part(up to the sixth line of the first pair of the tablets) narrates in a rather apathetic tone the birth of the crown prince and his prominent intelligence. However, the second part(up to the third line of the second pair), instead of commemorating the virtues and achievements of the deceased, castigates his misconducts and prodigality. The third part(up to the fifth line of the third pair) gives a brief account of the Im-O Incident conducive to the death of the crown prince. Touching the climax of the epitaph, the third part explicitly reflects contrition of the heart broken father who
had to kill his own son. The fourth part(up to the fifth line of the fourth pair) consoles the spirit of the deceased. The last part(up to the end) recovering calmness introduces the bereaved family members of the deceased.
Although the image of the tomb of Crown Prince Sado was released by "Discovered Jmpofant Buriaj Cultural Properties," a catalogue published by the Cultural Properties Administration in 1989, it did not draw much attention from art historians until December 1999. Having undergone a series of restoration, the tomb tablets
made its first public appearance as a cultural property of the month in the National Museum of Korea in December 1999, and finally created a sensation among scholars. The epitaph on the tablets proven as important as the Im-O Diary, which describes at length the dying process of the crown prince in a rice chest, is expected to serve as a basic reference to resolve the substantial truth about the death of Crown Prince Sado.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 思悼世子略傳
• Ⅱ. 발견 및 공개경위
• Ⅲ. 現狀과 內容
• Ⅳ. 銘文