「청주운천동사적비」의 건립 시기에 대한 재검토

Abstract

Until now, the Chang-ju Uncheon-dong Temple vestige monument was understood to have been erected at the end of the 7th century, and was cited as a primary evidence showing us the notion of “Sam-han is united as one(三韓一統意識)” have already existed during the war between the three dynasties and also in the early stages of the Unified Shilla’s Middle Kingdom period. However, considering the situations of the time and the social foundation described on the epitaph, the monument seems to have been erected in the transitional period between Unified Shilla and the Goryeo dynasty. There is a reference to a king with the instructions from heaven(天命) who appeared and brought stability to the world surrounded with four seas(四海), which is a reference to Goryeo dynasty’s Founder king Taejo Wang Geon and his unification of the Later Three Dynasties. The “2nd year of Sugong(壽拱/垂拱)” is the time when a building was first constructed to store the holy texts, so we can say that this monument was created to record how the building was renovated in the ending days of the Unified Shilla period and the beginning of the Goryeo dynasty period. A title named Agan(阿干) which is included in the list of people who were involved in the construction seems to have been a local official(在地官班) of the time, considering how he was recorded in the epitaph. So in my opinion, this monument cannot be considered as an evidence to the notion said above being already prevalent in the ending days of the 7th century.