고려 중~후기 수령관의 증치(增置)와 고을 읍격(邑格) 및 관격(官格) 변화의 역사성 - 경상도와 전라도 지역의 분석을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Analyzed in this article is how administrative institutions dictating and defining local units were either maintained or modified in the Goryeo and Joseon periods, and especially how things were in the Gyeongsang-do and Jeolla-do provincial regions. Attempted here is to determine the historical meaning of such changes, including the institutional alterations that occurred in the Goryeo local administrative system during the middle period of Goryeo, as well as the modifications that were made to the local units and posts when Goryeo was subjected to the Mongol Yuan rule.<BR> Analysis shows that changes that happened in the local ruling system during the 12th century and in the Midwest and Southern parts of the Korean peninsula -which had always proven to be the most prolific region of the peninsula in terms of population and resources- essentially formed a template upon which the Joseon dynasty’s local unit network will ultimately be based later on. This means that the most profound characteristics of the Goryeo local system, based on Ju’hyeon and Sok’hyeon units and was finally established in 1018, went through drastic changes already in the 12th century, less than a century since 1018. Also suggested by this observation is that the signature traits of the Goryeo local system were practically dismantled during the period of Mongol Yuan’s imperial rule. All these points cast serous doubts on the previous notion, which believed the Ju’hyeon/Sok’hyeon system of Goryeo was replaced by a new system only after the Joseon dynasty was newly founded.