고려말 조선초 東界의 운영체계 변화와 道의 재편

Abstract

Examined in this article is how the Eastern Border Region(“Dong’gye, 東界”) of Goryeo was lost and then reclaimed during the ending days of Goryeo and the early days of Joseon, as well as how it was cultivated, while the provincial operation system was overhauled by the newborn Joseon government. The Goryeo Eastern Border Region was composed of a Southern section and a Northern section, which had been designed differently from each other. After losing the northern part to the Mongol Yuan empire, the Southern part was reconfigured as the Gang’reung-do(江陵道) province, and later merged with Gyoju-do(交州道), to form the Gang’weon-do(江原道) province. The function of the Jonmu-sa(存撫使) magistrate dispatched to Gang’weon-do was virtually the same with that of the former Anchal-sa(按察使) magistrate, as it continued to care for the public under its jurisdiction. Meanwhile, a new Cheong’hae-do(靑海道) province was formed after the Northern part was reclaimed. It was a provisional province so to speak, established to oversee the cultivation of the newly obtained region. In the early days of Joseon, its name was changed to Gilju-do(吉州道), and after being merged with other nearby regions, it became the Hamgil-do(咸吉道) province. It should be noted that Cheong’hae-do served the functions of both a Do province and a Gun/Hyeon primary unit, and that an Chal’ri-sa(察理使) Prefect/Magistrate oversaw its administration.