新羅 및 高麗時代 鬱陵島와 獨島의 인식과 경영

Abstract

There were not historical records that Dokdo was a possession of Usanguk, or that Silla and Koryo dominated directly Dokdo. Silla conquered Usanguk but didn’t exert territorial sovereignty over it and didn’t establish the provincial government. Because the people weren’t concerned about the small and uninhabited island. It had been recognized that Dokdo was an independent territory in the Koryo Dynasty. A text that Usan and Mureung were originally two islands was recorded in the chapter ‘Geography’ of『The History of Koryo』. At that time, Dokdo first came out into the open. It was the result of the development of geography in the Joseon Dynasty. But there were not direct historical sources to prove that Dokdo was a domination of Ulleungdo. At the same time, it could not predicate that Dokdo wasn’t a territory of Silla and Koryo. Ulleungdo and Dokdo were a dominion of Usanguk and provided a livelihood and a living space to the inhabitants of Ulleungdo, Silla, and Koryo. The products nearby Ulleungdo and Dokdo were offered a tribute to the government of Silla and Koryo. The situation was the reason that they were indissolubly linked. Therefore the recognition about Dokdo should start from the existence and awareness of Ulleungdo. It was not a simple task that Dokdo was included in the territory of Ulleungdo because of the lack of historical records. We should emphasize that Dokdo was belonged to a living space of the population of Ulleungdo. Because Dokdo was located within the rage of sight of Ulleungdo. While Ulleungdo was regarded as an attractive district, Dokdo also was emerged as a livable area in the Koryo and Joseon Dynasties. Since then it had been considered that Dokdo was an indigenous territory of Korea. Dokdo was a living space of the inhabitants of Ulleungdo. That is an established historical fact.