英祖初年 全州와 大邱邑城 築造工事 硏究 : 새로운 城制 및 공사방식을 중심으로 Especially on the new systems and the constructional methods of castle = A Study on the Construction of Jeonju and Daegu Eupsung

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Through investigations of early 18th century southern provincial castles, Jeonju and Daegu Eupsung, this study seeks to broaden the understanding of castle construction of the later period of Korea's Yi Dynasty. The Japanese invasion of 1592 raised the awareness of the importance of national defense infrastructure. In this process, Eupsung, provincial castles, came to occupy special importance, and many of them were repaired, redesigned or even entirely rebuilt. Based on new conceptual framework, reform-minded kings and their associates led these efforts of national defense system building. As result, new administrative systems of financing, building and maintaining the provincial castles were established.
This study demonstrates that Jeonju and Daegu Eupsung, the provincial castles built during the early years of King Young-Joe were based on those new concepts and systems of the new age. The study shows that the designers of these castles had in mind efficient construction design and execution and effective defense of provincial towns located on flat ground. And, the study explains how those original designers sought higher productivity through greater localization of securing resources and more detailed and improved organization of construction responsibilities.
In short, this study seeks to prove that the provincial castles of the early 18th century reflected the new thinking on practicality that was spreading throughout the society of Yi Dynasty at the time. And, it tries to contribute to greater understanding on how castle building evolved prior to the construction of Hwa-sung during the late 18th century, the pinacle of provincial castle building of Yi Dynasty