고려 태조대 鎭 설치에 대한 재검토 －禮山鎭･神光鎭을 중심으로－

Abstract

In this article, the Jin(鎭) units such as Yesan-jin(禮山鎭) and Shin'gwang-jin(神光鎭(Nil'eo-jin(昵於鎭)), which were established by King Taejo of the Goryeo dynasty, are examined from a new perspective. Previous studies considered these Yesan-jin and Shin'gwang-jin units to have been at the Yang'gwang-do(楊廣道) province's Yesan-hyeon(禮山縣) area and the Gyeongsang-do(慶尙道) province's Shin'gwang- hyeon(神光縣) area. Yet certain facts, such as the situation in which those two units were installed, the exact time point when Goryeo first took control of the areas, characteristics of the regions where they were installed, and things that were done when the fortresses were built, all suggest that those units were never located in those previously suggested areas. Instead, these two units seem to have actually been at the Buk-gye(北界) region's Yong'gang-hyeon(龍岡縣) area and the Seo'hae-do(西海道) province's Shin'eun-hyeon(新恩縣) area. Yesan-jin was first built when the Seo'gyeong(西京) capital was being constructed, and the installation of this unit marked the beginning of the Goryeo dynasty's march toward the North. In the meantime, Shin'gwang-jin was built after a trunk line connecting the Gae'gyeong capital, the Su'an-hyeon(遂安縣) area and the Seo'gyeong capital was finally established. And there are more cases that should be reexamined in a similar way. Yeonsan-jin(燕山鎭) seems to have been not at the Yeonsan-gun(燕山郡) area but at the Tangjeong-gun(湯井郡) area, while the Gun'ak(軍岳) area which appears in the history of Yong'gang-hyeon seems to have originally been a Hyang(鄕) village located in the Gangseo-hyeon(江西縣) area.