7세기 중국인들의 對高句麗 ‘三韓’호칭에 관하여

A Study on Chinese’s appellation toward Koguryo ‘Samhan’ in the 7th century

Samhan originally referred to a tribe, who resided in central and southern Korean Peninsula, or referred to the land. Meanwhile, by the 7th century it was found that Chinese named Koguryo Samhan. This is closely related to Koguryo ruined two Chinese commanderies of the Korean Peninsula, Naglang commandery and Daebang commandery and then completely made the territory their own domain. From a Chinese central government’s standpoint, Naglang commandery and Daebang commandery were a remote commandery established in the non-Chinese residents, the important duty of their’s ruled over a native within the jurisdiction and controlled a strong non-Chinese around, Han(韓). By this, Naglang commandery and Daebang commandery were most likely to considered of Han(韓) itself. And also from a Chinese point of view, Koguryo, which occupied these two commanderies which were a negotiation window with Han(韓) and controlled Han (韓), and by extension transferred the capital to a central place and aggressively sought to enter Han territory was seen another Samhan. However, what Koguryo had been referred to Samhan was not the result of historical process. It is regarded that Koguryo, Ye-maek(濊貊) nation, had a racial similarity with Han in southern Korean Peninsula. From a Chinese point of view, there had been considered same of kin between Koguryo and Han, and then Koguryo was designated Samhan in a very natural way.