詩ㆍ文에 나타난 李萬敷의 歷史認識

Man-boo Lee"s Recognition of History expressed in Poetry and Prose

&nbsp;&nbsp;This thesis is aimed at examining the ancient history of our country, which Siksan Man-boo Lee had cognizance of. Prior to examining Siksan&quot;s recognition of history, the researcher first paid attention to the consciousness of &quot;making things valuable&quot; which is thought to have affected the foundation for recognition of history. On the assumption that the real meaning of &quot;making things valuable&quot; may differ case by case, the researcher tried to make it clear that, overriding the assertion that Chosen succeeded China, Siksan&quot;s consciousness of &quot;making things valuable&quot; expressed the culture of Chosen&quot;s superiority, rather than none inferiority, to that of China. And, the researcher clarified that this point laid the foundation for Siksan&quot;s having recognition of independent history. The peculiarity of the culture of home country is emphasized and the superiority of our culture is asserted everywhere in the writings scattered in a collection of Siksan&quot;s works, And this confirmed that Chinese ethnic group and barbarians of the circumference are not distinguished by the race or location of a country, but by the culture of a country.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsequently, the researcher examined the recognition of history of our country in ancient times descending from Tangun time, by noting Siksan&quot;s independent national consciousness that Chosen is an independent country as he deviates from the traditional viewpoint of Chinese ethnic group and barbarians of the circumference. He emphasized the existence of Tangun Chosen, extended the upper limit of our history by valuing highly the fact that Chosen was enlightened by Gija&quot;s moving east, and noticed that thereby the pride of national culture was distinguished. But, he removed Wiman Chosen from our history, and did not considered our history discontinued by the outside power by determining the location of Hansagun to be above the Han River. Moreover, he showed dual recognition of history by establishing both the historical current of Tangun-Buyeo-Kokuryeo-Baekje and the other historical current of Tangun-Kija-Mahan.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Siksan attempted historical investigation of geography several times based upon what he saw and heard from his own travels, and went on to form his own historical viewpoint based upon the knowledge of ancient history he acquired from a variety of history books.