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A Study on the Compilation of Yullyeong(律令) and Gyeok(格) from the Late of the Middle Ancient Period to the Late Periods of Silla

  • The Review of Korean History
  • 2026, (163), pp.49~98
  • Publisher : The Historical Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : July 29, 2026
  • Accepted : September 18, 2026
  • Published : September 30, 2026

Jeon Deogjae 1

1단국대학교

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ABSTRACT

The quotas of official posts in the central administrative offices recorded in Jikgwan(Upper) of Volume 7 of the Japji(雜志) in the Samguksagi, as well as the heading terms of the Seventeen Ranks of Office(17-gwandeung) transmitted in the Sillabongi and Jikgwan(Upper), can be confirmed to reflect the contents of the Jikweonryeong(職員令) and Gwanwiryeong(官位令) enacted during Queen Jindeok’s reign. This suggests that a comprehensive revision of the Yullyeong was carried out during Queen Jindeok’s reign. Furthermore, the royal testament(yujo) of King Munmu indicates that the Yullyeong was revised once again during the reign of King Sinmun. An analysis of records concerning rank regulations for official posts in Jikgwan(Upper) further demonstrates that another revision of the Lyeong took place between the 6th(747) and 17th(758) years of King Gyeongdeok’s reign. After the 17th year of King Gyeongdeok, the Yullyeong or Lyeong was no longer comprehensively revised; instead, the legal system was administered through the compilation of Gyeoksik(格式) based on laws and ordinances promulgated by royal edicts(王敎). The same mode of legal administration is also likely to have been in operation in the periods between Queen Jindeok and King Sinmun, and between King Sinmun and the sixth year of King Gyeongdeok.

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