조선시대 읍치 성황제의 이원성과 순창의 향리 사회 그리고 이들의 역사 서사로서 성황대신사적기

The signboard of county seat shrine(Seonghwangsa) in Sunchang county, Jeolla province contains documents written in 1563, 1633, 1743, 1754, and 1823. Specifically, the 1563 document which included 1281’s and 1297’s Seonghwanggeopmuns of Goryeo Dynasty drew many researchers’ attention. The writers of all documents were Sunchang county local clerks who led the Seonghwang ritual. Thus, these writings can be said as historical narratives that contain the ideas and voices of local clerk class. Under this premise, this study focused on the documents of 1563 and 1743 revealing the negotiating efforts of Sunchang county local clerk class to respond to the changing circumstances. In summary, 1563 document can be viewed as a monumental work revealing the duality of Seonghwang ritual in county seat; tacitly recognizing the long-standing local clerk’s leadership in Seonghwang ritual, the government persisted standardization of the ritual based on the Sacrificial Rituals Code(祀典) of the Joseon Dynasty. The 1743 document expose the tension and anxiety rising among the local clerk class. This change was due to, firstly, the differentiation caused by the lineage formation, secondly, the increase of new clerks of the low class, and, finally, the local control enforced by central government after the local rebel in 1728. These changing circumstances led to the local clerks’ efforts toward cultural integration through the county seat shrine reconstruction project.