朝鮮初期 官職構造硏究

Abstract

The offices of the early Choson Dynasty succeeded the office system in the late Koryo. They could be classified into the office inside the capital, the office outside the capital, the civil office, the military office, the office of Dang Sang, the office of Dang Ha, the office of Cham Sang, the office of Cham Ha, the regular office, and the additional office. In accordance with amending, and complementing the office inside the capital, the office outside the capital, the regular office, the additional office, the civil office, the military office, the practical office, the unpractical office, the salaried office, the unsalaried office, the chamberlain, and the honourable office, the office structure was subdivided, and systematized from the founding of the Choson to 1484(the 14th year in the reign of King Seong Jong). The purpose of this systematization was to strengthen the royal authority, to improve the ruling system, to carry out the national policies, to spare the operational expenses, and to consolidate the officials with various duties.Therefore, the size of the officials was enlarged. The number of the civil officials, the military officials, and the officials with various duties was increased from 5,000, or 6,000 to more than 8,700. And the number of the regular officials, and the additional officials was increased from more than 600 to more than 6,200. The office structure was legally systematized in The great laws of Gyeong Guk. The code of laws was included the civil officials of more than 1,700, the military officials of more than 5,160, the officials with various duties of more than 1,800, the regular officials of more than 5,600, and the additional officials of more than 590.