거란-여진-몽골제국 시기 옥전 한씨 가문의 위상 변화에 관한 고찰 - ‘故宣武大將軍韓公墓誌’(1269)의 분석을 중심으로

Abstract

In this article, I examined the contents of existing historical materials and the meaning of Hanrui epitaph in order to analyze and review epitaph excavated from the Xian(西安). Although the epitaph is not long, it was necessary to analyze the history of Liao, Jin, and Yuan empire together to know the contents of epitaph. In addition to the existing official histories, other inscription materials were also compared to reveal the details of the characters who appeared in the epitaph in more detail. In the end, it was confirmed that the Hanrui epitaph showed the end of the Yutian Han family, which had its own political status in the Liao-Jin empire. The Yutian Han family, which had distinguished themselves since the beginning of Liao empire, maintained its status during the Liao-Jin replacement period, as Hanqixian(韓企先) played an important role in establishing system of Jin empire. However, his descendants did not have the same status as Hanqixian. Thus, although there is no particular record of Hanqixian’s descendants, Hanrui epitaph outlined the disappearance of his descendants during the Jin-Mongol replacement period. The sons of Hanrui, the main character of the epitaph, died early, so their descendants could no longer come out. However, Mengwenchang(孟文昌), the son of Hanrui’s second daughter, was able to write his maternal grandfather’s epitaph, and the discovery of this epitaph provide to us more detailed information on the last of the Yutian Han family. In fact, Mengwenchang did not know much about his maternal family and all of contents in epithaph was not accurate. Mengwenchang did not even know what Hanrui’s father’s name was. But, this does not mean that the epitaph does not have historical value. This is because it provides a foothold for extending the study of the Yutian Han family to the Jin empire, and also clearly shows maternal family of Mengwenchang, a figure who was active in Xian at the early Mongol-Yuan Empire.