고려국초(高麗國初) 순군부(徇軍部)의 실체에 관한 小考 - 순군부의 경찰관련 성격분석과 기능을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Historically, it seems that debating with partially known systems of specific era and time contains riskiness, because there are few reference books. Nevertheless, the Soongoonbu based on the Korean police history is one of the parts which must be generally and concretely discussed, when it comes to the police organizations of Korean ancient and medieval era. There are two different opinions between historian community and police scholar community whether the Soongoonbu had the character and function as the central police organization in the early Korean dynasty time. The Korean historian community is required to study why the Soongoonbu and the Byungbu which equally obtained military power and authority in the early Korean dynasty period were divided. It is true that there are several opinions of the reasons, but the historian community considers the Soongoonbu as the military commanding and control tower with consultative groups related to the various powerful local clans. On the other hand, many scholars regard the Byungbu as the official military organization understanding the king's command and conducting military control. In the meantime, all scholars studying police organizations claim that the Soongoonbu was the central police organization in the early Korean dynasty period through their thesis or books. This study conclusively shows the opinion that the Soongoonbu was the organization which controled military power, not police power, because it was the consultative group of local clans, while the Byungbu as the military and police administration designed plans and made decisions related to the military and the police. Accordingly, this study diversely tried to prove that the Soongoonbu had nothing to do with police work, however, this study can not but acknowledge the uppermost limit due to the insufficient references.