‘永樂 7年’ 판독에 기반한 <충주 고구려비>의 내용 검토와 충주 지역의 接境性

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This article aims to check whether 2019’s new reading of ‘the 7th year of Yeongrak(永樂)’(397 CE) from the Goguryeo Monument at Chungju is compatible with the content of the monument and circumstance. It is very unique and strange to carve the year horizontally on the top of the front of the monument. However, ‘永□七年歲在[丁酉]’ can be read enough and the second letter is likely to be ‘樂’. It has been pointed out that the content of wanting to be like brothers with Silla’s 寐錦 is different from King Gwanggaeto-wang’s Tombstone which recognize Silla as ‘屬民’, but it can be interpreted that the person who wanted to be like brothers with Silla was the ancestor of the present king of Goguryeo. The present king established the relationship of ‘屬民’ with Silla through the subordination ritual shown in the monument. As for ‘太子’ of the monument, it can be assumed Silseong(實聖) who was sent to Goguryeo as a hostage in 392 CE and then became king of Silla with the support of Goguryeo after returning to Silla in 401 CE. Silla’s 寐錦 arrived at camp(營) in Chungju in December, which is correspond to ‘come and discuss in person’ of Silla’s 寐錦 recorded in the 10th year of Yeongrak(400 CE) of King Gwanggaeto-wang’s Tombstone. Previously, it was thought that the existence of Goguryeo military commander in the territory of Silla was possible only after 400 CE when Goguryeo sent a large army to save Silla. However, as King Gwanggaeto-wang’s Tombstone recorded the events spanning multiple years in the 6th year of Yeongrak, the events recorded at the 9th and 10th years of Yeongrak may have also occurred in the past. In 396 CE, King Gwanggaeto-wang had already secured the Jukryeong route enough to send a large army in 400 CE, so it was possible to advance to Chungju. According to the monument, the place where Silla’s 寐錦 was summoned was not a castle or a village, but the camp. At that time, the regions including Chungju was the contact zone between Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. In their balance of power, the existing societies called Ye or Han were still maintained. ‘諸夷’ in the monument can be seen as the leaders of the contact zone who participated in the contact between Goguryeo and Silla. Thus the time of 397 CE is enough to be one of the options for dating the monument. I hope that the discussion on theGoguryeo Monument at Chungju will be further activated including this option.

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