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Reorganized Space - Changes and Features in the Distribution of Yeok(驛) in the Joseon Dynasty

yang, jung-hyun 1

1고려대학교

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The reorganization of transportation systems connecting the entire territory of the Joseon Dynasty, which coincided with the declaration of a new regime, suggests that unique spatial planning was practiced that continuously accepted the absolute conditions of the geographical environment from the past while converging on the spatial structure defined by the political entity in place at the time. In this context, this study focuses on Yeok(驛) as one of the institutional institutions that performed the function of controlling transportation and communication in the past. In this paper, we trace the changes in the distribution of Yeok(驛) during the Joseon Dynasty to analyze the political and environmental variables of each period, and visualize the intentionality of the distribution at one point in time through statistical and spatial analysis of before and after. To summarize the trend of change, the distribution of Yeok(驛) changed during the reorganization of the relationship between Gun-Hyeon(郡縣) and Yeok(驛) in the first half of the 15th century, and then remained largely unchanged, except in the Yanggye(兩界), where territorial expansion occurred. In the 18th century, the number of Yeok(驛) increased, centered on the Yanggye(兩界), and the distribution range was more extensive than before, but in the 19th century, it recovered to its pre-18th century scale. Considering the quantitative scale of the change, the projected intentions, and the resulting changes in the macro-structure, the trend of the station distribution after 󰡔Sejong Sillok(世宗實錄)󰡕 ｢Jiriji(地理志)｣ can be explained as a static and piecemeal change compared to the late Goryeo period to the early Joseon period. At any given point in time, the increase in the number of Yeok(驛) was directly related to the geographical expansion of the ruling realm. In short, the early 15th century, when the relationship between counties and stations was redefined by the political entity, can be described as a period when inertia begins to loom over the entire dominion. This rule of inertia also applied to expanded territories. The above examples twist conventional ways of imagining the past by showing how spatial planning and reorganization by political entities can take the form of accommodating and inheriting environmental conditions. For example, it can twist opposing or binary views of politics and nature. This imagining can be an experience that connects the past with the present.

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