고려시대 지배세력의 지역적 기반과 훈요 제 8조－충청남도와 관련된 논의를 중심으로－

Abstract

Historians have paid special attention to the regional base of the Koryǒ’s ruling class from very early on. According to the traditional interpretation, the majority of the ruling class came from the powerful local families of Gaegyeong except Gyeongju, a capital of Shilla. This interpretation held that the Injunction 8 of the Ten Injunctions (Hunyo shipcho, 訓要十條) which T’aejo Wang Kǒn(太祖王建) left to his successors as a concise guide to govern the country exerted a decisive influence on the regional base. Recently, historians have attempted to revise the traditional interpretation on the regional base of the ruling class of Koryǒ. The revisionists argued that their regional bases were Jeonju and Gongju, excluding Gwangju and Naju. Also, they have provided another interpretation that the exclusion area included only Chungcheong Province around Gongjum, ruling out Jeonju area. Unfortunately, these new interpretations would not be able to sustain because both Gwangju and Jeonju, like Gongju, were the major regional bases of the Post-Baekje Gyeonhwon’s regime. But big changes were made in regime of Hyǒjong(顯宗) as the local government system of Koryǒ created Jeolla Province. In short, the change made a new perception that chiyǒk ch’abyǒl(discrimination) area mentioned in the injunctin 8 of the Ten Injunctions extended as far as the whole Jeolla Province including Naju. Therefore, it can be said that the Ten Injunctions were well observed principally. However, new change was made in South Chungcheong area during the Late Koryǒ that military nobles or new individuals who accepted Neo-Confucianism made an appearance in South Chungcheong area. In other words, it is during the Late Koryǒ for the once-discriminated South Chungcheong area to be incorporated in the ruling class of Koryǒ society.