Abstract

The official post of Silla Dynasty, Sa was almost over 40% of central government officials. The Sa was allowed to be appointed from Daesa(大舍) ranked as 12 to Seonjeoji(先沮知) ranked as 17 in all the official ranks of Silla Dynasty. There was no post that the Sa was appointed as the manager of central government offices. 史 was not appointed to a place that requires a high degree of academic knowledge, a place that requires a high degree of professionalism, a place that provides mainly men's physical labor, and a place where labor power of women were usually used or women were required.
 The Sa were increased, total of 52 staffs at nine government posts. Of those, 31 were added in the 10th to 20th year of King Moonmu. After the unification of the three countries, it was necessary to maintain the national system and operate the government department to effectively carry out the Silla-Tang War. In the process, the increase of the lower rank officials Sa, was a natural result.
 In ancient China, Sa had meanings of recording, a recorder, officers and a history book. In Silla Dynasty, it was used as the post name of petty official in central government(Sa in Dongsijeon under the regime of King Jijeung), followed by meanings of recording and history(a history book titled 󰡔Guksa(國史)󰡕 published under the regime of King Jinheung). Based on the results above, it was discovered that the Sa, an official post of Silla Dynasty, was usually alloted for man, a petty official who was in charge of indoor administration service, of recording[a recorder], handling, storing and transcribing documents at central government offices, and of entry and accounting of articles at posts they belonged to.

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