고구려 고분벽화 속의 기록관에 대하여

Sakwan in the Tomb's Murals of Koguryo

This paper started from thinking of what can help us find out historical events other than literatures and records. It is about the organization and system of recorder before the time of King Kwang-jong of Korea when historical office started to be in charge of official records of the nation. And it is about the problems whether and how its records show the real situation of the time. Of many tombs of Koguryo, Anak Tomb No.3 and Tokhung-ni Tomb which we can find the historical date have genres in them. These genres show the presence of recorder clearly. A painting and a word show the reality of Sakwan strongly. Because there is no record about the presence, activity, organization and administration of Sakwan of this time, it can be a meaningful work. As mentioned before, Koguryo Tomb's Murals were not drawn for impression but they were drawn as records. So their general features can be good records and historical materials. Especially, Anak Tomb No.3 and Tukhung-ni Tomb are great in their states of preservation and some pictures of them show Sakwan, which means they can give clues to find out the presence of Sakwan of Koguryo. In other words, the pictures that show recorder show the reality of Sakwan of Koguryo in about 4th century. Modern scientific history excluded what is not found on historical materials from objects of recognition, insisting they are not true. What we cannot see was regarded as what did not happened and what was not recorded. Like the fact that we cannot see space when concentrating in time and we cannot see time when concentrating in space, this problem cannot be solved by only one way. In this regard, this paper is meaningful.