夫餘·高句麗의 食邑制-三國志 東夷傳을 中心으로-

Abstract

The 'Tax Village' in Puyo and Koguryo The tax village(sigeopje) was an expression of a feudal economy that had existed since Gojoseon, the first ancient kingdom of Korea. After the collapse of Gojoseon, Puyo was settled along the Songhwa river while Goguryeo was settled along the Amnok river, both of which inherited the traditions of Gojoseon. In Puyo and Koguryo, the ruling class was known as jega and they held rights to receive taxes from villages. They were able to accumulate great wealth through these tax villages. The central government gave these rights to those jega who either submitted to them voluntarily or had distinguished themselves in war under the premise that they would be able to stabilize the peasant economy. At the same time, the haho or lesser families were placed under jega with the responsibility of paying taxes to the jega. These special rights to rule over the haho were given to the jega by the central government.