한시에 표현된 駕洛國 都城으로서의 金海

Abstract

Gimhae as the capital city of Garakguk(駕洛國, "Garak State") was equipped with exquisite scenery as well as historical and geographical conditions of a capital. Numerous authors of Chinese poetry expressed beautiful landscape and contemporary sociopolitical circumstances of Gimhae. In particular, as Gimhae and Garaguk were recognized as one and the same, the poets were reminiscent of the lost state of Garaguk, imagined the society of the kingdom and revealed their pride of Gimhae as the capital of Garaguk. Up to the present, most discussions have been focused on the scenery and customs of Gimhae. On the other hand, the poems depicting general impressions or feelings on traditional conditions of Gimhae have been rarely mentioned. Even though Gimhas was the capital of Garaguk, studies on the poetic works written in reminiscence of Gimhas as an old city or on those singing the imagination and pride of contemporary situations have been scarce. Gimhae was an old city of Garaguk. But as Garaguk was subjugated to the Silla Dynasty early on, Gimhae was not properly recognized as the capital city of a kingdom in comparison with other kingdoms' capitals such as Gyeongju, Gongju, Buyeo, Pyeongyang, Gaeseong and Seoul. In Chinese poems portraying Gimhae, a noticeable tendency to recognize it as an old city was found. That is because the attitude of the authors of Chinese poetry who thought highly of literary citation, the utility of historical lyrics and emotions of reminiscent poems played a great part, and the inspiration that historical remains and relics of Gimhae as an old city gave rise to was deep. This study examines the traditional understanding and geographical conditions of Gimhae as the capital city of Garaguk, and reconstitutes this old Garaguk city of Gimhae revealed in Chinese poems and depicted in the recollection and imagination of poets. In addition, it explicates the pride in their ancestors and this region that the descendants and poets living in Gimhae took as expressed in their poems.