조선후기 오천정씨(烏川鄭氏) 가문의 전통 발견 -정습명(鄭襲明) 묘단(墓壇) 설치를 중심으로-

• 영문명: How the Ohchǒn-Jung Clan Invented Their Tradition in the Late Choson Dynasty
• 발행기관: 포은학회
• 저자명: 정수환(Jung, Su-Hwan)
• 간행물 정보: 『포은학연구』제15집, 5~36쪽, 전체 32쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.06.30

국문 초록

조선후기 문중활동은 이른바 향촌사회사의 측면에서 위선활동의 일환으로 분석되고 있다. 이 글에서는 기존의 연구 성과를 바탕으로 일찍이 에릭홉스봄이 제기한 전통의 발견이라는 문제의식을 조선시대에 시범적으로 적용해 보고자 한다. 그는 정치적, 사회적 주도권(Hegemony)의 영향으로 인해 변화된 역사적 현상에 주목한 바 있다. 시범 분석을 위한 사례로 오천정씨문중의 시조 묘단 설치를 둘러싼 움직임을 추적했다. 정습명(鄭襲明)을 시조로 하는 오천정씨는 17세기에는 오천서원(烏川書院)을 중심으로 한 향사, 18세기에는 시조 묘단의 설치를 통해 가문의 전통을 확립했다. 전통의 발견은 성리학적 질서 확립과 연결된 정치적 영향의 결과로 ‘충(忠)’의 실제를 강조하거나 사회적으로 관향지(貫鄕地)를 영일(迎日)에서 ‘오천(烏川)’으로 제한하는 차별화를 통해 성취되었다. 오천정씨 가문이‘충’과‘오천’이라는 정치적이고 사회적인 전통을 발견할 수 있었던 것은 정습명에서 정몽주(鄭夢周)로 이어지는 가계의 연결성이 배경으로 작용했기 때문이었다.

영문 초록

One of the research topics related to the local community movement during the late Choson period that can be further explored is the clans’activities in their respective country districts in Korea. These activities have been analysed as methods through which exercises were developed to alleviate the social hierarchy that had developed among the different clans. However, when it comes to hegemony and tradition, this research frame may also be applicable to Hobsbawm’s structure. His key concepts related to tradition and invention cope with how to figure out hegemony and power relations and contain both political and social aspects. For this reason, the case of Korea has been examined to employ the invention of tradition in the case of the Ohchǒn-Jung clan . The founder of the Ohchǒn-Jung clan was Jung Seup-Myung (鄭襲明); his clan worked to carry out the clan’s unique priority compared with that of the other Jung clans which were founded by others. They established the Ohchǒn Sǒwon (烏川書院) with the founder’s spirit tablet and periodically held memorial services during the 17th century. Furthermore, they also built the founder’s ancestral shrine, as the burial sight was not clearly identified. This event took place at the next centenary. The Ohchǒn-Jung clan invented their tradition with a heavy emphasis on loyalty; Ohchǒn (烏川) was the place of their origin. Loyalty was one of the core concepts of the neo-Confucianism that became the national institutional policy, and Ohchǒn was a social differentiation campaign that distinguished this clan from the other Jung clans. These traditional concepts are also associated with Jung Mong-Ju (鄭夢周), as he was regarded as the author of many of the tenets of neo-Confucianism; he was also the descendant of Jung Seup-Myung, who lived in Ohchǒn. In conclusion, the Ohchǒn-Jung clan invented their tradition and implemented their system of political and social hegemony as a reflection of these events and concepts.

목차

1. 머리말

2. 묘단을 통한 전통의 형상화

3. 정치적 함의로서 ‘충(忠)’ 전통

4. 사회적 전통으로서‘오천(烏川)’ 발견

5. 맺음말

키워드

오천정씨 정습명 묘단(墓壇) 정몽주 전통의 발견 오천서원(烏川書院) Ohchǒ n-Jung Clan Jung Seup-Myung(鄭襲明) Ancestral Shrine(墓壇) Jung Mong-Ju(鄭夢周) Invention of Tradition Ohchǒ n Sǒ won(烏川書院)