조선후기 별시문과 초시방목 연구 - 1826년 중시대거별시를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study is an interpretation on the preliminary list of passers of public special examination which took place to appoint civil service officers every ten years. The result of this study can be summarized as follows: First of all, the public decennial special examination was quite different from the public triennial regular examination to appoint officers in several aspects. Second, the former was more difficult to make success than the latter. Third, even not the member of influential family could pass the public examination for appointment government officers. Fourth, the significance of the public examination to appoint government officers in Cho-sen Dynasty is far more considerable than usual understandings. For more concrete comprehension on the public examination system in Cho-sen Dynasty, it is necessary to stand behind several researches on social mobility at that times resulted from this public examination system.