高麗時代 驛의 運營에 관한 硏究 : 地方組織과 驛의 관계 및 驛의 運營要員을 中心으로 Focusing on the relations between local administrations and relay stations and the managerial personnel ... = A Study on the Relay Station System of the Koryo Dynasty

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The Koryo Dynasty divided the country into Goon Hyun or Boo Gok. Accordingly, relay stations were organised as special administrative divisions. In Koryo, it is thought, local administrations, Goon Hyun and Boo Gok, were transformed each into other, but relay stations were not changed into another local organisation on account of the unique function in transportation and communication.
A relay station had its station masters, station officials, and station employees as its personnel. Both in the declining years of the Sila Dynasty and in the beginning of the Koryo Dynasty, local squires were gradually deprived of their power in the course of strengthening of the central government and weakening of the local administrations. These aquires became station masters responsible for operating relay stations. Minor or disloyal squires in local districts, who were declined in power, became station officials. They were responsible for supplying horses, conscribing laborers, and collecting taxes. Station employees were in charge of transmitting official letters, keeping station horses, and entertaining imperial envoys.