This study is to examine how the record of Hogu and Jeongyeol shown in Yeojidoseo is used to impose taxes and manage financial resources. To do this, we extract a number of people per household, a gender ratio and an arable acreage per household from ...
This study is to examine how the record of Hogu and Jeongyeol shown in Yeojidoseo is used to impose taxes and manage financial resources. To do this, we extract a number of people per household, a gender ratio and an arable acreage per household from a record of Hogu(戶口: household and population) and Jeongyeol(田結: farmland) shown in Yeojidoseo and check its regional distribution. Regarding a number of people per household, while northern part is high, southern part except for Gyeongsang is low. Limited to Gyeongi and the three southern part, the inland area is higher the coastal area. Generally, a number of people per household of southern coastal area is lower than that of northern mountainous areas. On a gender ratio, northern part is higher than southern part. The result of a number of people per household and a gender ratio shows that the population(口摠) is closely connected to the number of man. As for a real arable acreage per household, limited to Do, the three southern part is high and the central and northern area except for Hamgyeong is low. In case of Eup, the farther south and the father coast, the more it became, which is observed throughout the country except for Hwanghae and Hamgyeong. In case of Gyeongsang, Hwanghae, Pyeongan and Hamgyeong with high number of people per household, a real arable acreage per household is high as well, while a number of people per household is in inverse proportion to gender ratio. This analysis shows that the government takes an census and check an arable acreage for a regionally equitable impostion of taxes. The scope of arable acreage is inversely related to a number of people per household and a gender ratio, which means that the heavier tax burden from arable acreage makes the forced labor light and vice versa. A gender ratio and an arable acreage are inversely related in Do and in Eup as well.