Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions. Yu Hyongwon and the Late Choson Dynasty - James B. Palais
vi CONTENTS
- 1 I. The Debate over the Military Training Agency, 1651-82
- The Search for Alternative Modes of Military Finance
- Military Reorganization, Weapons, and Walls
- The Military Service System, 1682- 18 7°
- Conclusion
- Introduction PART V. REFORM OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
- The King and His Court
- Reforming the Central Bureaucracy
- Personnel Policy
- Provincial and Local Administration
- The Community Compact System (Hyangyak)
- Yu Hyongwon's Community Compact Regulations
- Conclusion
- Introduction PART VI. FINANCIAL REFORM AND THE ECONOMY
- Tribute and the Taedong Reform
- The Taedong Model for Official Salaries and Expenses
- Copper Cash and the Monetary System
- Yu Hyongwon's Analysis of Currency
- A Cycle of Inflation and Deflation
- Cash and Economic Change after
- Epilogue: The Complexities of Korean Confucian Statecraft
- Notes
- Glossary
- List of Kings of the Choson Dynasty
- List of Names II
- Bibliography
- Index