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The Real Nature of the ‘daein(大人)’ and the 'daedaero(大對盧)' in late Goguryeo

Yoon, Seong-Hwan 1

1성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

As we have seen, the daedaero(大對盧) in late Goguryeo was the highest position of an official rank and government office. However, unlike the conventional understanding, the daedaero was multiple as official rank. It was told the daein(大人) or tojol(吐捽) to distinguish with a government office daedaero in the middle of the 7th century. Also, numerous daein's could take office in as government office daedaero. It was elected through the meeting of daein's(大人會議). The meeting of daein's was composed of the daein's, discussed the election and re-election of a daedaero. This conference, which is run by council system of all members, certified the daedaero as representatives of daein society. This fact indicates that Yeon Taejo(淵太祚), the father of Yeon Kaesomoon(淵蓋蘇文), was served as official rank the daedaero(=daein, tojol) and as government office daedaero. Yeon Kaesomoon inherited the daein from his father. Nobilities' counsel system in late Goguryeo operated the meeting of daein's and the council of five offices(五官會議) as conference system. The meeting of daein's tuned political dynamics inter nobilities. While the council of five offices(五官會議) was to administrate state affairs. Dual operation of the conference system of nobilities was to prevent possibility that power struggle of nobilities spread over affairs of state. Also, king could not intervene the meeting of daein's. king do not carry out as higher power in that case. And the existence of the meeting of daein's make some nobilities monopolizing the positions as government office daedaero. Therefore, the meeting of daein's was also in a sense privileged authority.

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