7세기 중·후반 동북아시아의 전쟁을 어떻게 부를 것인가?

Abstract

There was a war in the mid-to-late 7th Century, in which several countries in the east of Asian continent such as Tang(唐), Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo, Wa(倭), Mohe(靺鞨), Kitan(契丹) participated, through which Baekje and Goguryeo were destroyed. It has been controversial whether to call that war ‘the unification war of the Three Kingdoms’ or ‘Silla’s integration war of Baekje’. However, both names exclude Tang dynasty, which began the war, performed the war as a main force, won the war, and which was one of the warring parties from beginning to end of the war. The term ‘integration’ is not appropriate to refer to the process of conquering other countries, and it is difficult to separate a war that can be called ‘Silla’s integration war of Baekje’. Silla’s occupying Baekje is only one aspect of the outcome of the war. In addition, it is true that Silla occupied part of Goguryeo territory, but whether it can be called ‘unification’ is questionable. ‘Unification’ in the dictionary meaning that it was originally one and then reunited is actually better suited to ‘the Later Three Kingdoms’ which originated from Silla than the Three Kingdoms which were not originally one. If it is not necessary to give meaning in terms of ‘national history’, naming the war ‘Northeast Asian War in the mid-to-late 7th Century’ could be enough.