동아시아에서 (특히 한국사)에서 廣開土好太王碑 연구의 역사적 의미

Abstract

Koguryo constructed a world in which there was no rival and dominate the continent and the sea off the Korean Peninsula. This project was pursued through the policy of southward advance by King Kwanggaeto and his successors. We can make sure of this fact by an analysis of Hotae's Stele. First of all, there is an argument that the feature of this policy was nothing but to reflect shift in power balance in the Korean Peninsula, but this point of view appears to have been arisen from a misled conception in which one will not understand Peninsula-centered character of our national history in a proper sense. We shouldn't judge this policy of southward advance by the perspective of northward advance as if it were the absolute one. We may also evaluate Koguryo's development affirmatively after the transfer of its capital to P'yongyang, in such respects as the increase of its population and fruitful harvest of 5 kinds of grains, etc. The transfer of its capital also made a great contribution to building a national identity by sharing food, clothes and shelter in common. So Koguryo's southward advance was not just a result of a change in political power but also a beginning in the building process of Korean nationality. In this respect, studying King Hotae's Stele is of great importance in the close examination of this process. Secondly, the transfer of Koguryo's capital and subcapital to the Daedong River and Central region of Korean Peninsula, respectively, can be seen to have been the result of the change in its national character. Therefore, it is a great error to look upon Koguryo just as a state centered on the Korean Peninsula or to consider Manchuria and Korean Peninsula separately. Here, in this article, I put a great emphasis on the folloing ponint: i.e., we need to have a Peninsula-centered historical view putting together the continent and the sea.