역사 ‘기록’과 영웅 ‘출현’의 관계: 신채호의 《을지문덕》 저술을 중심으로

Abstract

The historical facts were newly reconstructed by the historian's 'historical imagination' and the 'purpose consciousness’ was revealed strongly. The representative figure is Shin Chaeho, who describes “glorious national history” and the history of heroes. Shin Chaeho wrote the book to "maximize" the behavior of a hero who overcame the crisis of the national crisis, which had existed in history for the purpose of restoring the identity of the nation and nation. This is intimately connected with the historical situation in which the heroes of the nation were sought to defend national sovereignty by revealing historical heroes. The Great Figures mentioned by Shin Chaeho as history heroes include Euljimundeok, Kwanggaedo Great King, Yeongaesomun, Kang Gamchan, Choi Young, and Yi Sunshin. Shin Chaeho published Euljimundeok in 1908 to reveal his heroic history. However, when writing Euljimundeok, Shin Chaeho was not only interested in ` historical imagination,' but in fact not only domestic historical data but also Chinese resources. This means that the motive of Shin Chaeho's Euljimundeok was not only the expectation of the hero appearance. Shin Chaeho said that the lack of the historical record on the hero has led to the absence of the hero, and that he would do his best to collect and organize the record of the hero. Representative sources that Shin Chaeho referred to for writing Euljimundeok include Samguksagi(三國史記), Dongkuktonggam(東國通鑑), Dongsagangmok(東史綱目), Haedongmyeongjangjeon(海東名將傳), Yeojiseungram(輿地勝覺) and there was Chinese history books, Suesa(隋史). Shin Chaeho said that the current weakness of Korea is due to the absence of ‘history of victory’, which is due to the absence of the history of heroes. And the lack of heroes in Korea was due to lack of records of heroes in Korean history. Since its publication, Euljimundeok has been distributed nationwide so that it can be sold and purchased at bookstores in major cities. This shows that the reader of this book was wide. Even after falling into Japanese colony, it was classified as a book promoting independence, and seizure and search of Japanese colonial proceeded. Even after the liberation, there were intellectuals who published books with extreme confusion of left-right conflict and the hope of establishing a new independent nation, as Shin Chaeho wrote a book in forthcoming of a hero who would save the nation. In addition, Shin Chaeho's writings, Euljimundeok, later played a role in forming the basic framework of Euljimundeok biography.