고문서의 사료적 가치와 보존에 관한 기록학적 고찰 = An archival study on the historical value and reservation of the old documents

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Old documents, it is right thing to define one's cultural level, and it also reflect history which is the spirit of our racial and the very deep root of out power. Old documents, it is not a simple record for the past. We can redefine our history though the ancient documents, and even more it make us to succeed and develop our national culture capacity. Nowadays Korea is being shaken by distorting our history coming from China and Japan. To get the historical consciousness of the china and japan right way, there will be necessarily needed a kind of data to prove and show the right direction.
The diary written by the commander of the Joseon Army, which was discovered at the early of this year, tell the untold story what was done by Japanese army at the Je-Am Ri(a kind of sub-township) during the March 1st. campaign. That record also show us the Japanese army's attempt to conceal the process of the Je-Am Ri's massacre event and to conciliate racial activists. And this will be a guide for the research to the Joseon recent and contemporary history. Therefore we can not look down on the importance of the ancient documents.
There are huge mounts of documents and books at the abroad. Because of the political problem, those are still away from our hands and it is really heart-stricken.
We can not treat ancient documents just like waste in the garbage can and leave it thoughtlessly. It will be a medium to solve the distorted history problem and an example to straighten our history. So we have to evaluate the value of the historical record well, and then we should preserve and apply it. This issue ought to solve through the politics and policy sector above the academic interests.
But we can not blindly see ancient documents as a only things for showing the truth of the history. We have to see other historically worthful data with old documents and try to excavate and restore. So, at this research, I study the value of the old documents and its reservation necessity.