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civilization. That is because they learn ‘Three
Naver
SovereignsandFiveEmperors,’whoarebelieved
ⓒ
tomakeworldandimprovepeople’slife.Chinese
alsothinksofthemselvesasthecenteroftheworld.
ThatiswhytheyassertNortheastProjectwhichintend
to steel Korean ancient histories. If ‘Hwandangogi’ is
proved true, however, their pride would be hurt and
they might exert diplomatic pressure on Korea. To
Korean, ‘Hwandangogi’ can be good or bad. On the
plus side, we may think ‘our past was really glorious
civilization’andhaveahighlevelofnationalpride.On
the minus side, however, we may think ‘why has our
nationbeengraduallyreduced?’andgetfrustrated.
▲Ifyouwantmoreinformationabout‘Hwandangogi,’youcanfind
it,readingtwobooks.One(L)isinsistingthat‘Hwandangogi’is
false.Theother(R)isarguingthat‘Hwandangogi’istrue.
PhilosophicalValueof‘Hwandangogi’
According to Min Young-hyun, a professor at Pusan University, ‘Hwandangogi’ has a high level of philosophical
value.
‘Hwandangogi’generallyhasadifferentinterestcomparedtootherhistorybooks.Essentially,Koreanancienttime
wasnotdominatedbyConfucianismorBuddhism.‘Samguksagi’waswrittenforstrengtheningandfirminguproyal
authoritybasedonConfucianism.‘Samgukyusa’waswrittenbasedontheintroductionandexpansionofBuddhism.
Thatiswhytheydidnotpayattentiontoancienttime.Comparedtotwohistorybooks,‘Hwandangogi’paysattention
toancienttimebecause‘Hwandangogi’sharesthesamespiritwiththoseancienttimes.
Muchinformationfrom‘Hwandangogi’originatedfrom‘Bongjangki,’awritingfromBalhae.Comparedtodifferent
history books, ‘Hwandangogi’ has many war records. Thus, it can be seen as succeeding the spirit of Goguryeo. In
fact,KoreahasnoGoguryeo-orientedhistorybooks.Forthisreason,interpretationof‘Hwandangogi’isimportant.
Koreanphilosophyhasbeenthoughtnottohaveamodelofcreationoftheworldandtheunderstandingofhuman.
Based on other history books, the creation of the world is not original. Based on ‘Hwandangogi,’ however, Korean
philosophyisexcellentcomparedtoothercountries’modelofcreationoftheworldandtheunderstandingofhuman.
That is because ‘Hwandangogi’ includes contents: the progenitors of the human race are Naban and Aman, the one
andonlyGodcreatedevery3itemsintheworld(past-present-future,sky-earth-sea,etc.,)andmadeHwanguk.
Themostimportantthingof‘Hwandangogi’isthatithasaconsistentpointofview,manystories,whichunderscore
Koreans superiority in ancient time, were included. Without its historical records’ true or false, these would help
Korean improve understanding of their country and human beings as well as increasing cultural pride. At the
same time, these facilitate fundamental approach to Korean model of creation of the world, theory of metaphysical
development, and numinous world. Lastly, it triggers off and expands Korean pride and possibility on present and
future.
Ourcountrysufferedaggressionbyforeignpowersmorethan1,000times.Frommanyinvasions,ourhistorybooks
wereburnedorlost.Definitely,inafrontoftheJapaneseGoverment-GeneralofKorea,around200,000historybooks
were burned during the Japanese colonial period. History books able to clarify our history are deficient. Especially
historybookscoveringGojoseonaremarkedlydeficient.Inthissituation,academiamustnotunconditionallyassume
that‘Hwandangogi’isreallyfalse.Instead,throughempiricalinvestigation,theymustestablishtruthof‘Hwandangogi.’
AlthoughitmightharmKoreans,truthof‘Hwandangogi’mustbeverified.
youngjoon92@hufs.ac.kr
NOVEMBER 2011

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