고대 중세 근세시대의 한·일 양국의 독도인식 -안용복 사건 이전을 중심으로-

Abstract

The island of Dokdo is a hot political issue between Korea and Japan. It is necessary for Korea to respond to this issue systematically and logically. To review historically, Dokdo island belonging to Wooreungdo has no basis in a logic to support Japan's insistence that Dokdo is their island. 1. Wooreungdo(Wooleungdo) had no proof that Dokdo island belonged to Wooreungdo. If there is no clear proof Dokdo belonged to Wooreungdo in ancient times, there also is no clear proof Dokdo belonged to Japan in the very times. Isn't there? It is more probable that Dokdo belonged to Wooreungdo. That is to say, there is comparative superiority in the probability that Dokdo has been a Korean island. 2. It is important to point out that Mooreung was regarded as a portion of Woosan. In this case, Mooreung means an island as closely connected to the realm of emotions and sea­faring lives of the people who lived there. There is no different island save for Dokdo around Wooreungdo. 3. Japan has only their historical records to misinterpret and insist that Dokdo is their island. -About this, Korea has had a very passive response and attitude. Speaking more minutely, Korea only refuted it without showing many of the plain proofs that Dokdo has been our island from ancient times until now. In addition, we must insist, showing abundant and vivid proofs instead of passive refutation only about their insistence. These are the contents I feel inclined to controvert in this study.