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한국사 교과서 세종 육진의 위치 비정 비판 최원호

Criticism of the position of Sejong Yukjin in Korean history textbooks

Choi, Won-Ho(Department of Convergence Archeology Inha University)

The current high school Korean history textbook describes the six-jin area pioneered in the
early days of Joseon, during the reign of King Sejong, as the current North Hamgyong
Province region along the Tuman River in North Korea. However, Joseon recognized the

importance of historical geography from the time of its founding and compiled various
official geography from King Sejong to Seongjong. In the geography of Sejongsillok, a record

recorded at the time, the four-way boundaries of the six provinces corresponding to the six
camps were recorded, and in particular, the routes leading to Gongheomjin and
Seonchunryeong, where the northern boundary was known, were accurately recorded.

The problem of location irregularity was investigated by comparing the six-jin area

recorded in the [Great Encyclopedia of Joseon Local Areas], which was recently compiled by
the Peace Research Institute with North Korea’s ‘Science Encyclopedia Publisher’, with the
four-way boundary recorded in [Sejongsillok Geography]. It could be confirmed that the

total area corresponding to the six-jin area of North Hamgyong Province in North Korea was
at least twice as small as the area of the four directions described in [Sejongsillok Geography].

From the 1970s, Kim Gu-jin, Bok-gidae, and Lee In-cheol, etc.’s recent papers showed that
Gyeongwon Dohobu, which contains the northernmost border among the six-jin area, and

Gongheumjin and Seonchunryeong were located north of the Tuman River. And, through
the research results of Russian scholars on Joseon-style fortresses in the Primorsky Territory,

the credibility of the records published in [Sejong Sillok Geography] could be known.

Key Words : SejongSillok Geography, Great Encyclopedia of Joseon Local Areas, the six-jin

area, Gongheumjin, Seonchunryeong, Joseon-style fortresses

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