The origins of the Chosŏn dynasty
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The origins of the Chosŏn dynasty
(Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies)
University of Washington Press, c2000
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Chosŏn dynasty
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-374) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Scholars have long held that Korea's Choson dynasty (1392-1910) was established by a new socioeconomic class of scholar-officials of local-landlord origins who overthrew the capital-based aristocracy of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392). The Origins of the Choson Dynasty refutes that view, showing that a key feature of the dynastic transition was continuity in the structure and composition of the central ruling class and arguing that the main force behind the establishment of the Choson was the need to revamp institutions to protect aristocratic interests. The change of dynasties thus was less a revolution than a culmination of a centuries-old effort to create a centralized bureaucratic polity.
Drawing on a wealth of data compiled from primary sources and presented here in 26 tables and 10 genealogical charts, The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of the central officialdom of the Koryo-Choson transition and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional Korea.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Genealogical Charts
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Koryo Political System
2. The Rise of a Central Bureaucratic Aristocracy
3. The Yangban in the Change of Dynasties
4. Institutional Crisis in the Late Koryo
5. Reform and Dynastic Change
6. The Ideology of Reform
7. Some Final Considerations
Notes
Korean Dynasties and Kings
Glossary of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Terms
Bibliography
Index
Tables
1.1 Concurrent Appointments, 981-1069 and 1070-1146
2.1 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 981-1146
2.2 Most Powerful Descent Groups, 981-1146
2.3 Descent Groups with Multiple Sons in Office, 1070-1146
2.4 Comparison of Descent Groups, 981-1069 and 1070-1146
2.5 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1260-1392
2.6 Most Powerful Descent Groups of the Late Koryo
2.7 Examination-Graduate Officials, 1260-1392
3.1 Grade Structure at the Beginning of the Choson
3.2 Distribution of Officials by Branch and Grade, 1392-1400
3.3 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1392-1400
3.4 Most Powerful Descent Groups under T'aejo and Chongjong
3.5 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1401-5
3.6 Most Powerful Descent Groups under T'aejong, 1401-5
3.7 Most Powerful Descent Groups, 1392-1405
3.8 Status of Powerful Choson Descent Groups in the Late Koryo
3.9 Descent Groups New to the Central Bureaucracy, Late Koryo-Early Choson
3.10 Status of Fallen Late Koryo Great Descent Groups
3.11 Intermarriage among the Top Ten Descent Groups, Late Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
3.12 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1430-32
3.13 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1455-57
3.14 Most Powerful Descent Groups, 1430-32 and 1455-57
3.15 Descent Groups with the Most Examination Graduates, 1392-1592
4.1 Levels of Todang Activity, 1279-1351
4.2 Levels of Todang Activity, 1351-88
5.1 Consolidated Army Command Officials, 1393-98
Tables
Genealogical Charts
Hwangnyo Min
Andong Kwon
P'ap'yong Yun
Munhwa Yu
Andong Kim
Chuksan Pak
Kyongju Yi
P'yongyang Cho
Ch'ongju Han
Chonju Ch'oe
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