2024, Vol., No.131

military history 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.94

pISSN : 1598-317X / eISSN : 2713-8992
https://journal.kci.go.kr/imhc

This research paper summarizes the changes and essential meaning of The Gangmu in the early Joseon Dynasty. I considered the question of how to utilize the historical and cultural content of Cheorwon, which was confirmed as an official training site. First, Gangmu was an important national ritual that included military training centered around hunting. However, there were many private factors from Tejo to Tejong. It become a form of solving the king's own personal desires through hunting. On the contrary, during the reign of King Sejong, it became stable in the form of hunting in a proper rite. The most prominent regional feature in the process of ritualizing Gangmu was the confirmation of the military training site in Cheorwon during the reign of King Sejong. Several plans for advancing Gangmu contents to the core cultural contents of Cheorwon are summarized in three stages.

This paper aims to examine how the Bulanggi cannon(佛狼機砲 : Frankish gun) was introduced to Joseon and how it was built and deployed. The Frankish gun was a modern European artillery piece that was introduced to China in the 16th century. It was also introduced to Joseon through the Ming army during the Imjin War. Bulanggi cannons were known to have played an important role in the Battle of Pyongyang, and Joseon began manufacturing them soon after. By the mid-19th century, they were the main guns of the Joseon army. Bulanggi cannons are an important part of late Joseon military history, but there are virtually no full-scale studies on them. This is not to say that there hasn't been interest in them, and they have been mentioned in several papers. However, most of them dealt with the firearms of the Imjin War, but only in a fragmentary way, and did not specifically shed light on the Bulanggi. In this article, we will examine the manufacturing and deployment process of Bulanggi cannons in the 17th and 18th centuries. The 17th and 18th centuries were the period when Bulanggi cannons were mainly made in Joseon. I hope this paper will help to broaden our understanding of late Joseon military history.

This article summarizes the compilation organization established by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea for the compilation of military textbooks and the process of their change. The process of organizing the first military textbook compilation organization in the provisional government in 1920, the organization and activities of the Military Academic Compilation Committee in the 1930s, and the organization and personnel changes of the Military Academic Compilation Committee in the 1940s were examined. Through this, it was intended to clarify that the provisional government recognized the military textbook compilation as an important activity, and that the operation of the military textbook compilation organization was closely related to the provisional government's military activity policy. First of all, data related to the provisional government's military textbook compilation organization were investigated. Various data collections, including the Republic of Korea Provisional Government Data Collection that can grasp the activities of the provisional government, were targeted. In addition, the memoir of a participant in the military textbook compilation organization was used to prove the existence of the military textbook compilation organization operated by the provisional government and to clarify its activities. Through this examination, it was possible to understand the military textbook compilation organization established by the provisional government and its changes.