단군 48대 왕조사 자료 발굴과 그 의의-민중의 손으로 쓰여진 한글본 민간사서로서의 의의를 중심으로- = Discovery of Historical Material on His tory of Dangun 48 Kings Dynasty and its Significance

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

I have recently come across a small manuscript entitled “Dangun Gija Sinna Goguryeo Je Goryeo Lijo”. In the first part of the book, it describes the ancient history of Korea starting from the creation, dynastic history of Dangun with its 48 kings and history of Gija Joseon. The latter describes history from the three kingdoms of Korea, Goryeo and Joseon focusing on dynasties. The book records up to the Japanese annexation of Korea by Lee, Wanyong. Based on the handwriting and material of the paper, it is assumed that the book was written by the common people during the Japanese colonial era or the mid-20th century. The title on the book says “Dangun Gija Sinna Goguryeo Je Goryeo Lijo”, which would imply that it is a history book focusing on history of seven dynasties: Dangun, Gija, Silla, Goguryeo, Baekje, Goryeo and Joseon.
This book can be considered to have value as historical record in two points. First, it contains very unique version of creation myth. According to this book, the Human Sovereign comes out after creation of the heaven and earth. Earthly Sovereign and Heavenly Sovereign comes out afterwards, followed by three sovereigns and five emperors. After that, Dangun becomes king under the Korean birch tree at Mountain Taebaek.
Second, the book describes dynastic history of 48 kings in Dangun Joseon era. However, the names of the kings as well as their time of reign are different from that of Gyuwon sahwa and Hwandan gogi. In particular, the book contains entirely different version of history of the Dangun dynasty with only similarity between them being the number of kings.
The book is simple in content and system when compared with Gyuwon sahwa and Hwandan gogi. However, it can be considered as the longest history of Dangun Dynasty with appearance of 49 kings including Dangun. Also, it can be regarded as the ancient history of Dangun written by the people, as it was written only in Korean alphabet. Further, as a refutation of the pseudograph theory argued by some scholars that claims the dynastic history of 47 kings was fabricated for the first time during the Japanese colonial era, this book can serve as evidence that the recognition of Dangun’s dynastic history of 47 or 48 kings was already quite popular in the Japanese colonial era.

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