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Archival Records (6)
Gyoji (敎旨 - Royal Appointment Edict)

김상헌 의정부 좌의정 제수 교지 (1645년)

金尙憲 議政府 左議政 授任 敎旨 · Royal Edict Appointing Kim Sang-heon as Left State Councillor (1645)

Reign: King Injo (仁祖)
Seal: Si-myeong-ji-bo (Bestowing Sovereign Commands) (施命之寶)
Authentic Scribe Text (원문)Mulberry Hanji Parchment
敎旨. 金尙憲爲大匡輔國崇祿大夫、議政府左議政、兼領經筵事者. 崇禎十八年九月日. [施命之寶]
Office Conferred: 대광보국숭록대부 의정부 좌의정 겸 영경연사 (大匡輔國崇祿大夫 議政府 左議政 兼 領經筵事)
Rank: Senior 1st Rank (정1품 / 正一品)
Contemporary Korean Translation (현대역)

왕이 교지를 내리노라. 김상헌을 대광보국숭록대부 의정부 좌의정 겸 영경연사로 삼노라. 숭정 18년(1645년) 9월 일. [국보 시명지보 날인]

Historical Significance & Context

Issued shortly after Kim Sang-heon returned from six agonizing years of captivity and interrogation in Shenyang (Qing capital). King Injo elevated him to the highest executive rank in the realm to honor his uncompromising moral rectitude and steadfast loyalty during the Manchu Invasions.

Formulaic Scribe Syntax Breakdown (교지 문장 구조 분석)

敎旨Imperial Mandate Header
Royal Decree of the King
Validates the document as an unchallengeable direct command of the sovereign.
金尙憲 爲Recipient & Conferred Post Indicator
Appoints Kim Sang-heon as...
Names the recipient explicitly; '爲' serves as the operative verb of appointment.
大匡輔國崇祿大夫 議政府左議政 兼領經筵事Full Official Title & Concurrent Offices
Grand Master of High Assistance, Left State Councillor, and Director of the Royal Lectures
Combines civil dignity grade (정1품), chief administrative office, and royal philosophical tutelage.
者Legal Closing Particle
...unto the said person.
Formally closes the conferral clause, sealing the legal identity of the recipient.
崇禎十八年 九月 日Date Clause with Royal Seal
Chongzhen 18th Year (1645), 9th Month, [Day]
The Great Seal 'Si-myeong-ji-bo' is pressed directly over the word 'Month' and 'Day'.
Preservation Seat: Preserved in the Cheong-eum Family Collection (Namyangju / National Institute of Korean History photographic archive).
Material: Standard royal mulberry scroll (Hanji) mounted with yellow silk brocade edges; black soot ink; authentic vermilion Si-myeong-ji-bo square seal measuring 10.2 cm.

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