고려전기 무신의 지위―대거란전쟁 전후를 중심으로―

Abstract

Generally, a military official refers to the official in an opposite relationship with a civil official. According to the administrative system, the scope of military officials covers from the Sangjanggun (Grade 3) to Daejung which is not included in Grade 9. However, there was a clear distinction in the Daejung, Gyowi (Grade 9), and military officials over Grade 8 along with discrimination in the ceremony. In early Goryeo Dynasty, civil and military officials generally referred to all officials. In the colors of official uniforms designated in the 11th year of King Gwangjong, there was no distinction between the civil and military officials. In the stipend land system enforced in the first year of King Gyeongjong, there were officials who did not belong to both civil and military officials. The introduction of civil hierarchical system was the important momentum of division between civil and military officials. However, the civil hierarchical system was applied to both civil and military hierarchical system which was supposed to be provided to the military officials was applied to other groups. Furthermore, most of the military officials were excluded in discussing the matters related to appointment of local officials and discussion of political issues. This shows that the civil officials mainly operated the politics and that the civil and military officials were not treated equally in the discussion over state affairs. Meanwhile, the civil officials mainly took the military positions that commanded the troops during the Goryeo- Khitan War. Dobyeongmasa (National Security Bureau) which was established during the years of King Hyeonjong was designed to discuss the military and national security matters. However, it was mainly composed with the high-ranking civil officials. As the civil officials secured the military command authority and discussed the important military matters, the superior status of the civil officials was further strengthened. Before and after Goryeo- Khitan War, the military officials served the civil official positions together and the officials were sometimes switched to either civil or military officials. Although it was limited to special cases, the mutual exchange between the civil and military officials was still available. Nevertheless, the civil officials talented in literary and martial arts were praised while the military officials who got appointed as civil officials and rose to higher ranking still got discriminated as the former military official. Such double standard clearly shows the perception that regarded the civil officials superior over the military officials.