요서지역 출토 상주 청동기와 기자조선 문제

• Published in: 백산학보 no. 88; pp. 101 - 127
• Main Author: 조원진(Cho Won-Chin)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 백산학회 30.12.2010; The Paek-San Society
• Subjects: 역사학; 고조선; Old Joseon; 상주; bronze vessels; 기자조선; 기자; 요서지역; ShangZhou; KijaJoseon; Liao-Xi Areas; 청동기 Kija
• ISSN: 1225-7109

Based on the discovery of partial remains, the powers of Sang-ju reached the Liao-xi areas to accomplish hasty conclusions or interpretations that acknowledged the existence of Kija-Joseon for the Shang and Xiao bronzeware remains excavated from the Liao-xi areas. Although the clear and distinct conclusions have been made for the characteristics of these remains, when observing through the collected data, one can see that the advancements for the Shang-ju's authorities and Kija-Joseon could not have been found through these remains. The circumstances that are being discovered in the storage pit separate from the local aboriginal culture holds no foundation to change and rule the aboriginal culture. These remains hold the strong impression of being the storage pit for temporary usage, are difficult to see as being identical and therefore, are divided largely into two groups. First are the remains that were left by the aristocrats during their migration, for the remains to display traces of ancestral rites like the remains of the Bukdong villages. Second are the remains of Machang-gu and Sanman-ja and they display a clear difference from the other remains. The possibilities of the diasporas from Shang Zhou inearthing the remains during a emergency situation or inearthing various bronzeware through the depredation from the aboriginal authorities, cannot be eliminated. One of the foundations that makes the Kija-Joseon theory difficult to be established is in the point that King Moo had held up Kija in a foreign country where his powers did not reach. However, that is a unilateral and formal measure which could be seen as the expression that acknowledged Kija's seeking of political asylum in a region that cannot be influenced by Zhou Dynasty's powers. Thus, the bronzeware produced during the periods of Sang and the beginning of Xizhou discovered in the Liao-xi areas can be considered as telling the migration for the people of losing Shang's state into the Liao-xi areas that do not appear in literature. Moreover, the Joyang area nearby the Bukdong village, is mentioned as one of the strong proposed sites of Asadal and in the case of these remains, the Kija clans migrate along with the others to have the possibilities of performing ancestral rites. Since the truth about the legend of Kija travelling to the east is related to the problems of the people who have lost Shang's state as well as issues of literature, inscriptions, gilt letters and archeological problems, the researches of each field must be processed with great depth to solve this problem. KCI Citation Count: 5