고구려 『유기(留記)』의 편찬 방식과 시기

Abstract

Examined here is how references to the Goguryeo compilation of history books were inserted in Samguk Sagi, and how and when Yugi(留記) was actually compiled. Previously, the entry of King Yeong ‘yang-wang’s 11th year was believed to be a single entry, but the three sentences composing that entry were actually from three different sources. Separate references to respective compilations of Yugi and Shinjib were merged in the same entry by the author of Samguk Sagi, leading to some misunderstanding by future readers.BR Yugi was a record on its own, included in the Ancient history[古史] which served as the basis for Shinjib. Yug i’s volume seems to have been huge, as it was described as comprised of ‘100 chapters,’ which would have only been natural as Yugi was a history book that collected all kinds of transcriptions including oral literature. Because Yugi gathered together the stories of various members of nobility from the Early Three Kings’ period, people in later periods -who simply did not have enough information on the past- considered Yugi to have been created in the early years of the Goguryeo dynasty.BR Yugi was created to lay groundwork for not only future historical compilation, but to establish the succession line for the throne as well. So Yugi must have been compiled somewhere between the reign of King Dongcheonwang when the existence of a dynastic shrine is confirmed, and the reign of Sosurim-wang, when the genealogy of the Goguryeo royal family was locked down.