조선 고종 ＜북묘묘정비(北廟廟庭碑)＞ 주석과 번역(3)

Abstract

The Northern Shrine Memorial Stone for GuanYu(＜北廟廟庭碑＞) is the one that recorded the purpose and process of building the Northern Shrine(北廟). It was written and built in 1887 by King Gojong(高宗), the 26th king of the Joseon(朝鮮) Dynasty. The significance of this paper is as follows. First, for the first time, annotation was added to the Northern Shrine Memorial Stone for GuanYu and this paper is the first complete translation. Second, through the translation of this paper, it was found that King Gojong believed that the spirit of GuanYu helped him and his wife, Minbi(閔妃) to revive when the Imo Military Revolution(壬午軍亂) (in 1882) and the Gapsin Coup(甲申政變) (in 1884) broke out. Third, through the translation of this paper, it can be seen that King Gojong’s cultural perception of GuanYu is not based on History of the Three Kingdoms(三國志) but mainly based on the fictional story created by Mao Zong-gang(毛宗崗)’s novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms(三國演義). The contents of the part translated in this paper are as follows. First, when GuanYu(關羽) was alive, he made achievements in drowning seven legions of CaoCao(曹操) and defeating them. Second, it is the will of heaven that a Northern Shrine in honor of GuanYu was built under a rock wall engraved with the word “The spirit of Zengzi(曾子) and Zhuzi(朱子) stands tall like a wall(曾朱壁立)”. Third, King Gojong built the Northern Shrine Memorial Stone for GuanYu(＜北廟廟庭碑＞) to commemorate the spirit of GuanYu appearing during the Imo Military Revolution(壬午軍亂) and the Gapsin Coup(甲申政變) and helping him and his wife, Minbi(閔妃). Fourth, this inscription was written in 1887 by Min Young-hwan(閔泳煥) under King Gojong’s order. This paper is a follow-up to the Annotation and translation of Northern Shrine Memorial Stone for GuanYu(＜北廟廟庭碑＞) written by Joseon(朝鮮) Dynasty’s King Gojong(高宗) No2, published in the Volume 106 of the Journal of Chinese Language and Literature in August 2021.