諡號制의 來歷과 李石灘의 贈諡 事例

The history of Siho system and an example of giving it for Lee Suktan

In this report, the general history of Siho was described and illustrated giving an example of Lee Suktan(Lee Sineui), who received this title after his death. This system had been originated from Ju dynasty in China in approximately BC 11th century, and influenced and practiced Korea thereafter. The Siho was a kind ofggmg posthumous name given by a king for dignitary or meritorious man after evaluating the value of his accomplishment. Consequently, there were two types of Siho; favorable one and unfavorable one. If the ancestor made a beneficial achievement to the society and received a favorable Siho, then it accepted a great honor to himself and his descendents, but in unfavorable one was diametrical In order to give Siho, the evaluator was supposed to follow the regulation called Sibub in which the standard to choose suitable ideograms depending on the qualification of the person was described for each case and also the meanings of the each ideograms were explained. Lee Suktan received Siho, the title, Munjunggong after his death in 1685 and it was a favorable one according to Sibub. However, considering the procedure of giving Siho, it can find abnormal aspects in the process. Compared to the regular period to take Siho, it took so long that we can not overlook it. It took 58 years and despite his defect of qualification, he received it anyway. It was a very special case and that’s why it was cited in this report.