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A Review of the Territory in the Middle and Upper Yalu River in the Late Goryeo Dynasty to the Early Joseon Dynasty

  • Journal of Manchurian Studies
  • Abbr : 만주연구
  • 2021, (32), pp.9~36
  • DOI : 10.22888/mcsa..32.202110.9
  • Publisher : The Manchurian Studies Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > East Asia > China
  • Received : September 30, 2021
  • Accepted : October 13, 2021
  • Published : October 31, 2021

PARK JUNG MN 1

1전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

Existing studies present the territory of the late Goryeo dynasty as a line that connects Chosan, Ganggye, Jangjin, and Gapju (Gapsan). In addition, these studies do not examine specific spaces of the middle and upper Yalu River before the full-scale development of the four guns. However, diversions in the historical past have produced diverging interpretations of Goryeosa and Odoyanggyedo geographies. Even before the development of the four guns in the King Sejong period, Goryeo had actively occupied the middle and upper Yalu River in the King Taejo and Taejong periods, even though the specific patterns of this exploration remain unknown. The present study differs from previous studies and applies new applied methods to understand the middle and upper areas of the Yalu River from the late Goryeo dynasty to the early Joseon dynasty and its expansion process. The findings suggest that Joseon owned the Gapju (Gapsan) areas of Gasadong, Sohundu, Yeoyeon, (Ji)ryeonggoe, and Ira in the region off the middle and upper Yalu River in the King Taejong period. In other words, Joseon may have secured its national border along the Yalu River despite the territory’s loosely drawn boundaries. Because Gapsan is expanded through these contexts, the western part of Sohundu was split off in 1417 to become Yeoyeon-gun, which later served as the grounds for installing the four guns.

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