20세기 신채호의 18세기 안정복에 대한 역사인식 - 안정복의 『동사강목』을 중심으로

Abstract

In East Asia, the concept of ‘history’ has the meaning of judgement and decision about good and evil, or right and wrong at past incidents, and also meaning of recording for drawing a lesson at this time from past facts. After early days of the Joseon dynasty, the concept of history had also been included the meaning, ‘succession of legitimacy.’ The concept of history, around the year of 1905, had got settled ‘history of nation-state’ or ‘racial history.’ On the settlement process of the concept of history, the individual who has had the biggest impact on is Shin Chaeho. It has two reasons that Shin Chaeho has been called ‘Father’ of Korea modern history. First, he has bailed out of dynasty history supporting legitimacy of dynasty, and then focused on the Korea nation’s history. And second, he has emphasized on the historical describing method with empirical and historical evidence research. But the modernity of Shin Chaeho at the historical description attitude and historical perception has not just only affected by Liang Qi Chao of China and Western historian. Although in several aspects, he has not only been affected on the historical research method by Liang Qi Chao, but also influenced historical narrative attitude by An Jeongbok, late Chosun dynasty Silhak Scholar. Through the An Jeongbok’s history, Shin Chaeho has intended to succeed on his precise historical evidence research method, assuming a critical attitude to the existing historical book, and description of General History. Especially, he has been affected on the process of studying at Korean ancient history by historical geographic method through the territory theory of An Jeongbok, and also accepted with conceding the reasoning process of An Jeongbok. He has accepted Tangun’s territory, and also got extended the recognition to ‘Tangun’s recognition.’ Shin Chaeho has described Korean history centered on the nation emphasizing on ‘Tangun,’ and also selected Buyeo tribe as a central nation of historic system. Through that he has intended to instill national and racial consciousness. He has established Korean history system centered on Buyeo tribe, similar to An Jeongbok’s ‘Dongsagangmok’ on which Tangun has figured out as a starting point of legitimacy and also historic era has classified by the system of Korean orthodox family dynasty. It has the characteristic describing feature of An Jeongbok’s territory that Yodong region has been Korean territory from Tangun and Gija era. This point has got result to extend our historic space. That consciousness has also much influenced to 20th historian, Shin Chaeho.