조선고사연구회의 설립 과정과 해산 경위

Abstract

Joseon-gosa-yeongu-hwe(the Association to research the Joseon Korea Ancient History)朝鮮古史硏究會 was an Confucian association which was established in Keijo京城, colonial Korea in January 1920. The persons who led this were was Jeong An-lip鄭安立(1873-1948), who acted as a leader of the Korean community in Manchuria, China, in the late 1910s, and Suenaga Misao末永節(1869-1960), who was an expert on Chinese issues as a ronin of Japan. The apparent purpose of it was professional research and public promotion of Korean ancient history. However, in April 1920, just three months after its establishment, it was disbanded according to an order from the Government General of Joseon. Although this association lasted for a very short period of time, it help us to understand the strategic thinking of politicians of four countries of colonial Korea, China, Japan and Russia surrounding ‘Manchuria issue’ in the late 1910s and the early 1920s, and the correlation the plan to establish an independent country in Manchuria, called Dae-goryo-guk(the Great Goryo)大高麗國 and Korean Confucian intellectuals. This association was an alternative activity base made in colonial Korea when the attempt to establish an independent country in Manchuria from 1917 to 1919 to was temporarily failed. Then, when the organization disintegrated, they established an new one in Tokyo, Japan, called Joguk-hwe(the Organization to establish a new country)肇國會, and continued their activity.