弓裔政權의 性格과 國號의 變更 = The Nature of the Kungye Regime and his Renaming of the State

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The early power base of the Kungye regime was not on the traditional aristrcrats of Silla who were still imbued with the bone-rank (kolp'um) system, but on the local groups who wee anti-Silla.
The regime began to be powerful with the occupation of Myongju-song and became strong enough founding a new state by a successful conquest of the nothern territory of Silla. Its position was further strengthened by the voluntary surrender of Wang Kon who was influential in the valley of Yesong River. Kungye was able to ally himself with the groups in the P'aeso area who were the people of Koguryo, and it was this alliance that made him found the state of Koryo as the successor to the former Koguryo kingdom.
In the meantime, Kungye accepted the recommendation by Wang Yung and established his control over Songak which was the power base of Wang Kon. It was this control that he was able to make it his capital later.
Kungye gradually became estranged from the people in P'aeso with the consolidation of his political power and the territorial expansion south to Jukryong, further beyond the old border of Koguryo. Subsequnetly, he renamed his state Majin and built a new capital. Majin means a "great country of the East" in Sanskrit. It is believed that Kungye was a monk and had some knowledge of Sanskrit. He must have hoped that the Sanskrit name would win public confidence in his kingdom and bring devine protection to it. At the same time, the new name seems to have expressed his intention to annex Silla and to build a great state which would be much bigger than Koguryo.
His autonomous reign title of Mut'ae should be also understood to show his spirit of independence and self-confidence both internally and externally. The title was apparently disadvantageous in his relation with China. But be seems not to have minded of the diplomatic disadvantage.
Kungye once more gave his state a new name. T'aebong, in Ⅲ. In this new name, we see his strong will to achieve a national unification that would embrace the Later Three Kingdoms and all their people.
thus Kungye's renaming of the state and his transfer of the capital seem to have been mainly due to the growth of his power, not due to his entertaining of a superstitious belief and geomantic theories.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 緖論
• Ⅱ. 弓裔政權의 形成過程
• Ⅲ. 弓裔政權의 發展과 國號의 變更
• Ⅳ. 結論
• 參考文獻