동북공정의 주요 논리와 예·맥·한에 대한 재검토 = The main logic of Northeast Project and Reexamination of the Ye·maek·Han

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Northeast Project was launched in February 2002 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to study the history and reality problems of northeastern China, and was promoted as a precaution to prevent historical problems in northeastern China and future crises. Its main purpose is to prepare for the issue of ethnic minority departure in northeastern China and the situation in North Korea. The method of approaching the Goguryeo problem in Chinese academia is summarized in two ways: the origin of the nation and the relationship of tribute and responsibility, and this study mainly focused on the origin of the nation. According to the Chinese side's view, Goguryeo was formed mainly by the Yemaek tribe, a northern Chinese minority, fused with part of the Han peoples(Chinese), and its origin is different from that of the residents in the central and southern part of the Korean Peninsula. And the main content is that after the collapse of Goguryeo, most of these Yemaek groups were absorbed by China, except for some.
In order to examine whether this perspective of Chinese academia matches the actual cultural aspects, this paper analyzed the concept of Ye, Maek, and Han(Korean), which divides resident groups in northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula into Yemaek in the north and Han(Korean) in the south. To this end, I used their customs and material data from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD as the main data.
As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that Goguryeo, which is recorded in Maek, and Okjeo and Dongye, which are generally classified as examples, are the most similar groups, and Mahan in the mid-western part of the Korean Peninsula is similar to them in Jecheon ceremony. And Buyeo, located in the northernmost part, has some similarities to northern cultural elements, and it has been confirmed that it is somewhat different from the rest of the southern politics. And according to the archaeological data, at the time of the early formation of the state, political bodies in the south of Buyeo grew by transforming and developing individual cultures as a result of cultural convergence following the spread of the Slender Bronze Daggers culture, and Buyeo was also found to be highly related to these cultures until it accepted northern cultural elements in earnest. Moreover, it can be seen that the distinction between the concept of Ye and Maek was a voluntary distinction based on the political position of the Chinese Dynasty rather than a cultural distinction. Therefore, contrary to Chinese academia's intention to emphasize the differences between northeastern China, the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, and the central and southern part of the Korean Peninsula, the concepts of Ye, Maek, and Han(Korean) were not clearly culturally distinct.