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Transformation of the Military Tradition in the EarlyJoseon Dynasty and Military Training of the Jinbeop(陣法)

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1공군 작전사령부

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ABSTRACT

The Owiejinbeop(五衛陣法) which can be regarded as the culmination of military philosophy in the early Joseon Dynasty composes the balanced structural military formation between cavalry and infantry. Along with national security issues, such as concern about massive invasions from Ming, China and Mongol Tribes (Tartary, Oirat), military formations in the early Joseon Dynasty developed from Jinbeop(陣法), Jindojibeop(陣圖之法), Gechukjinseol(癸丑陣說), to Owijinbeop(五衛陣法). As such military formations in the early Joseon Dynasty, in military perspective, transformed from mobile warfare that suppresses local limited warfare to decisive warfare by massive forces. It can be shown that way of war also changed from local conflict to total war. In cultural perspective, Agricultural settler's of the Joseon Dynasty faced the dilemma when pursuing Nomadic military tradition to secure large quantity of military manpower in terms of high- quality cavalries, and the Joseon Dynasty's military characteristic changes to that of settlers. Therefore, it can be referred that paced with development of military formation in the early Joseon Dynasty, the Joseon's way of war-performance and military tradition is transformed.

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