高⋅純宗年間 義兵의 槪念과 位相 變遷 硏究

Abstract

Why had Korean Empire suppressed the nationalist movement, Righteous Armies in the peak of nationalist contradiction between Korea & Japan? Is it because of that Korean Empire was robbed sovereignty by Japan after 1905 Treaty between Korea & Japan? For the answer, we needed to confirm Annals of King Gojong & Soonjong at which Righteous Armies had appeared and acted. This thesis aimed to scrutinize how Korean Empire government see Righteous Armies in that era. Articles about Righteous Armies against Japanese colonialism in Annals of King Gojong & Soonjong are found from 1896. That articles are much more than articles of that before 1896. However, in the articles, we can see that Righteous Armies against Japanese colonialism was treated as an object of oppression by Korean government from the beginning not from just after 1905 Treaty. 1895's incident(Eulmisabyeon) & Danbalyeong(Decree of cutting knot) were representative aggressive incidents of Japanese colonialism. Then so many Korean people rose in arms under name of Righteous Armies. Nevertheless Korean government rather suppressed Righteous Armies than helped them. I couldn't understand that reason if admit conservative of feudal society Therefore I examined the papers of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Korean government and the diplomatic papers of Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1896 when the articles on Righteous Armies against Japanese colonialism first appeared in Annals of King Gojong & Soonjong. By that work, I confirmed that already from 1896 Korean government was under strong control of Japanese colonialists and ordered to suppress Righteous Armies directly by the Japanese Minister to Korea Gomura. In that context, Annals of King Gojong & Soonjong contained the articles about Righteous Armies suppressing from 1896 through 1910.