19세기~20세기 초 巨濟 舊助羅里의 洞中과 洞錢의 운영

Abstract

In the 19th century and early 20th century, the village of Gujora, Geoje island, discussed and managed various matters in the village community with the structure of ‘Dong-jung’. Dong-jung of Gujora was organized in a flexible and practical form, while its power seizing and unifying the villagers was rather loose. The relationship between Dong-jung and the villagers, and that among the villagers were mostly horizontal. The authority of Dong-jung was limited, so that matters hard to be solved autonomously were handled by the governmental authority. Geoje-bu invested a certain amount of funds into the villages in jurisdiction, and with the interest income, the local administration tried to cover the taxation and corvee imposed by various authorities. Permeation and intervention of the official authority mediated with the coin were almost routine. Most of the coin expenditure was for taxation and miscellaneous corvee, while a little portion of the coins were used for the village itself. Gunpopyosikjeon, which were raised for the payment of Gunpo(military cloth levy), was changed in the early 20th century when the country was colonized by Imperial Japan, in a way less people were assigned for more amounts. This was to shift responsibility onto a small number of members and thus covering rational and stable management of the interest loan. The usage of Gunpopyosikjeon was also altered around the beginning of the 20th century, where most of the coins were spent for the village, unlike the original intent. The alteration of usage in Community Coin shows the signal of seeking new identity of the village in the time of rapid change when the dynasty fell and was colonized by Imperial Japan.