『眉巖日記』를 통해 본 16세기 양반관료의 근무평가와 인사이동

Abstract

This paper examines the performance appraisal of and personnel changes among 16th century Yangban officials through the case of Yoo Hee-choon that appears in the “Mi-am Diary(眉巖日記)”. 16th century Yangban officials were classified into the gyeonggwan (京官) of the central government and the oegwan (外官) of provincial governments. The performance appraisal of gyeonggwans occurred after a complete discussion process between evaluators, and the performance of the sokamun (yukjo officials) of the yukjo (六曹, six ministries of Joseon) was reported to the king after being approved by the dangsanggwan (state councilors) of the relevant yukjo ministry. While the oegwan also had an approval process for performance appraisal, unlike the gyeonggwans, it involved the simple exchange of opinions. In addition, both the dosa (都事, governor) and the gwanchalsa (觀察使, provincial governor) participated as evaluators in the appraisal of oegwans in the 16th century. With regard to personnel changes, the domokjeong (都目政) occurred regularly, and the jeondongjeong (轉動政) supplemented personnel whenever a vacancy occurred, regardless of timing. The domokjeong was characterized by large-scale personnel change that occurred every June and December, while the jeondongjeong occurred only when several different conditions were satisfied. Solicitations for personnel appointments were common, as nominees were determined by an a greement b etween t he m embers of the ibi (吏批, an organization that petitioned the king regarding government appointments) and the byeongbi (兵批, an organization that selected military appointments). This was an inevitable result and a major custom created by the human resources system of that time.