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Jang Yong Young guards’ military drills and martial arts training according to Hwaseong fortress’s defense system during King Jeongjo’s reign

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  • 2013, (38), pp.125-157
  • Publisher : Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Choi hyeong guk 1

1경기대학교

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ABSTRACT

King Jeongjo moved his father Sadoseja(Prince Sado)’s tomb to mt.Hwasan in Suwon and built Hwaseong fortress and stabilized new city’s economy by development of agriculture with the farm cultivated by stationary troops and economical reformation with a Shinhae-Tonggong(辛亥通共,1791) prohibiting monopolistic market. Establishing and expanding of Jang Yong Young guards was become a military background to support reformative politics. To sum up the characteristics of Jang Yong Young’s military and martial art history, Firstly, not only centralized army troops in capital city but also titular local troops were standardized to control. Secondly, to predominate over tactics of cavalrymen, battle formation only for cavalry and mounted martial arts for actual battle were reinforced. Thirdly, to strengthen defensive power of Hwaseong fortress, military resources at surrounding areas were combined and become a form of strongpoint defense. Fourthly, to protect the fortress, large-caliber guns and weapons for close fight were set to increase possibility for stable win from battle. Lastly, defensive power was secured with people and various military drills. Establishment of defense system for Hwaseong fortress and Jang Yong Young guards during King Jeongjo’s reign could not be simply referred as expanding of King Jeongjo’s royal bodyguards. However it was more likely military reformative characteristics with standardized strategy system for entire Joseon army and establishment of martial arts. Many cultural prosperity aspects during King Jeongjo’s reign were possible because of stabilized military system.

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