고려 현종대 開京 羅城 축조에 대한 재검토

Abstract

Until now, the construction of the Naseong(羅城) Wall -which surrounded the Gaegyeong(開京) Capital- was believed to have lasted for 21 consecutive years, since 1009 through 1030. But in reality, it was built in mere 50 days in the year 1029. Motivated by the painful memories of the Gaegyeong capital falling during the Khitan invasion in 1010, the Naseong wall was constructed at the urging of Gang Gam-chan(姜邯贊), when international conditions started to change once again with the Heung’yo- guk(興遼國) uprising in 1029. The project was also accompanied by the construction of certain fortresses in Northern border areas. The year 1009, and the notion that construction of the Naseong wall began in this year, actually came from the discussion of 1369 -when Shin Don(辛旽) was in power- to renovate the Naseong walls. At the time, Gaegyeong had recently fallen to the Red Turban bandits[紅巾賊], and situations in Liadung were less than stable. So defenses at the Abrok-gang river line was reinforced accordingly, and promoted together with that task was the renovation of the Naseong capital walls. The Goryeo song (“Goryeo Gayo”) ‘Geumgang Fortress(Geumgang-seong, 金剛城)’ must have been created around this time. This renovation project resulted in the construction of the Inner Walls(Naeseong, 內城), as planned by Shin Don himself. But in Goryeo-sa it was recorded as a project from King Hyeonjong’s era, probably not to reveal the fact that the achievement was a culmination of Shin’s own policy.