광무년간 한성부호적을 통해 본 순검의 거주와 생활 양상

Abstract

This paper examines the residential status and the life of the Sungeom, which is the low state of officer in Kyeongmucheong in early 20th century, based on the Family register of Hanseong-bu. The Sungeom was an officer who directly contacted the people and handled various security tasks. They earned a stable living on a monthly pay, showing their authority in modern styled uniform. Above all, they were encouraged to be able to promote according not to their family status but to their abilities. A total number of Sungeom’s houses in The Family register in Kwangmu period were 232. including 102 houses were registered in Gwangmu 7th year, 6 houses in Gwangmu 8th year and 124 houses in Gwangmu 10th year. Generally, the majority of inhabitants in the Family register of Sungeom is in 20~40s, and most of them are in 30s and the next amount are in 40s. The occupation of Sungeom’s father was not mentioned, but there were high rank seniors. That is, the fact that the younger generation of the high rank officers worked in low state officer as a Sungeom suggests that the traditional hereditary occupation system has been changed. In addition, the Sungeom has been recognized as a modern job by breaking away from the image of the conventional forceful police. The residence of the Sungeom generally lived in a small house with less than ten rooms of his own, and there were a few inhabitants who had houseman. After all, the economic level of the Sungeom was not high, but they are rich enough to maintain their family. There were not many cases of maintaining the employment as a Sungeom, and most of those who were dismissed returned to the status of ordinary people. In addition, the Sungeom change their residence according to employment and dismissal.