고대진법과『 오위진법(五衛陣法)』의 구조적 특징

Abstract

Jinbup is a military formation, but it reflected the society at that time. The Gugunpaljin showed military aspects for expansions of territory and agricultural systems. The Akgijin was developed to build the special forces from the Gugunpaljin. Later, principles of the Akgijin applied to the Paljin (8 unit formation) and the Yukwhajin (6 unit flower-shaped formation), but they were developed differently with each other as the society required. The five important key principles continued to remain with the developed Jinbups to maintain the structures and systems of the society. Among the important things in the 5 principle were philosophic ideas that influenced all members of society to do their duty to maintain their society. At that time of social disorder, its values didn't work. Therefore, it required each members to follow the king’s authority. So all the philosophers and scholars at the time of the civil wars did their best to unify the whole nation under the unified philosophy. Therefore the 5 fundamental principles from Han Dynasty were adopted as a unified idea at that time. The 5 elements have pragmatic values in military operations. With 5 colors and 5 flags of the 5 elements, soldiers could easily follow the commender’s orders and the commander could command his troops effectively. These were possible by the change of formations. The most important part in the 5 principles of military operations is that it allows each soldier in the formation to do his duty and obey the commander’s order, so the battle could proceed systematically as the commander wished.