Characteristics and Changes in the Political System during the Three Kingdoms Era
Journal Title: International Journal of Korean History - Year 2005, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
A multitude of studies on Silla’s 6-Pu system(the political and rulling system) have appeared since the discovery of the Silla monuments in Pongpyŏng, Ulchin County in 1988(Ulchin Pongpyŏng Sillabi) and in Naengsuri, Yŏngil County(Yŏngil Naengsuri Sillabi) in 1989. In the aftermath of these discoveries, the trend has been towards explaining the political and ruling systems of the early Three Kingdoms using the socalled the theory of Pu system.1 According to this theory, while the ability to conduct foreign affairs of these pu during the early stages of the Three Kingdoms era was subjugated to that of their respective royal households, they nevertheless acted as autonomous political units which exercised a great deal of control over internal matters. Moreover, the ability of the pu to play a leading role in managing the nation’s political affairs made it possible for them to ensure their long-term survival. Furthermore, as the political and ruling structures were in effect regulated by the pu, the political system in place during the early period of the Three Kingdoms era has come to be known as a ‘Pu system’. This system was eventually abandoned in favor of a centralized political system revolving around the monarch during the middle stages of the Three Kingdoms as the increase in agricultural production brought changes to the village-based society.
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Deog Jae Jeon
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