광해군대 廢母論의 전개과정 (A Study on the Argument to Degrade Queen Inmok’s Status)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 조선시대사학회
· 수록지 정보 : 조선시대사학보 / 106호 / 249 ~ 296페이지
· 저자명 : 김한신

초록

1608년(선조 41) 선조가 사망하고 광해군이 즉위했다. 광해군은 즉위 직후부터 옥사를 통해서 자신의 통치에 방해가 되는 인물을 제거하기 시작했다. 광해군이 경계한 유력세력은 인목대비와 그 아들 영창대군이었다. 영창대군과 인목대비의 父인 김제남이 희생되었음에도 광해군은 안심할 수 없었다. 인목대비가 宣祖의 正妃로서 母后의 자리에 있는 한 반역세력들이 대비의 용인하에 모반을 시도할 수 있었다. 광해군은 인목대비를 부정하는 언급을 자제하면서도, 인목대비를 보호해야 한다는 논의를 하나씩 차단했다. 일부 유생들을 중심으로 인목대비를 廢庶人해야 한다는 논의가 확대되었다. 이러한 폐서인 논의는 廢母論으로 기정사실화되었다. 광해군은 인목대비를 보전하는 모양새를 취하되 사실상 유명무실한 상태로 격리하려 했다. 광해군대의 실상을 규명하기 위해서는 폐모론의 이해가 선행되어야 한다.

영어초록

This study analyses the background of King Kwanghaegun’s(광해군) management of government and its successive judicial investigations and the judicial investigations he employed to secure his political base. After King Seonjo(선조) died in 1608, Kwanghaegun ascended the throne. After his enthronement, King Kwanghaegun started eliminating his political rivals through the judicial investigations. The powerful forces upon whom Kwanghaegun kept his eye were Queen Dowager Inmok(인목대비) and her son, Grand Prince Yeongchang(영창대군). Although Grand Prince Yeongchang and Kim Jenam(김제남), the father of Queen Dowager Inmok, were executed, accused of treason, Kwanghaegun still could not be satisfied. Queen Dowager Inmok retained her status both as the queen of the late King Seonjo and as the stepmother of Kwanghaegun. This made her a figure around whom potential usurpers could rally around or potentially exploit, as a royal person who could lend legitimacy to anyone who overthrew Kwanghaegun. Kwanghaegun was concerned by this. Kwanghaegun chose not to deny the existence of Queen Dowager Inmok, but he resisted efforts to explicitly defend Queen Dowager Inmok from criticism. After that, Confucian students filed memorials requesting that the status of Queen Dowager Inmok be degraded to that of a commoner, and the argument spread widely. On the surface, Kwanghaegun appeared to be treating her respectfully, but, in reality, he was trying to isolate her from her followers and thus neutralize her as a political adversary. To understand the truth of the Kwanghaegun period, the argument made to degrade Queen Inmok’s status should thus be examined.

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