민애왕의 가계와 추복과정에 대한 검토

Re-exmaination on the Lineage of King Minae and the Memorial Buddhist Services for Him

Kim Chunggong, the father of King Minae, has been regarded as a son of Royal Prince Hyechung, the eldest son of King Wonseong and a younger brother of King Heondeok and King Heungdeok. But the record in the Samguk-sagi which tells that Kim Chunggong is the younger brother of King Heondeok was just the copy of a Chinese record, which was a confuesed extract of original source. The fact that Kim Chunggong married a sister of King Heondeok also shows that he can not be a son of Royal Prince Hyechung. There s no case of marriage between the real siblings, Considering his dose relation with King Heondeok and King Heungdeok, his political activities as the major chancellor, and the marriage network of his children, Kim Chunggong must have been a son of Royal Prince Heonpyeong, the second son of King Wonseong. As the grandson of two Royal Princes, King Minae took very important position in the royal family of Silla dynasty, the descendants of King Wonseong. King Minae and his sisters married most important member of the royal family, each of them was grandson or grand grandson of King Wonseong. King Minae married a daguther of Yeonggong, the brother of his father, and his sisters married Gyunjeong, a cousin of his father, and Cheryung, a second cousin of them. And anther sister Jeonggyo, who were recorded as married to a Royal Prince of King Heondeok, mush have been the second wife of King Heondeok as he had no son to succeed him. On the death of King Heungdeok, King Minae fought for the throne against his brothers in law, Gyunjeong and Cheryung. King Minae defeated his rivals and won the throne, but he confronted a bitter death by Woojing[King Sinmu], the son of Gyunjeong, just after one year. The memorial Buddhist services for King Minae was hold at the Donghwa temple after his death. Just after his death, a worship building was built for pray his bliss in the temple, which was found as the family temple on the death of his parents. After 24 years of his death, King Gyeongmun built a stone pagoda in front of the worship building for King Minae1 the brother of his grandmother. As the grandson of Cheryung and grandson in law of Gyunjeong, King Gyeongmun pursuited the harmonization among the royal family. The stone pagoda was a symbol of the policy. According to the inscription on the Sarita reliquary found in the stone, the main person of the project was Virtuous Monk Simji, the son of King Heondeok. His mother must have beenJeonggyo1 a sister of King Minae, and brought up in his mother s after the death of King Heondeok. The death of King Minae might have driven him to become a monk and live at the Donghwa temple.