1. The Koryo Political System

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Tables viii
5. Genealogical Charts x
6. Acknowledgments xi
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. The Koryo Political System 11
9. 2. The Rise of a Central Bureaucratic Aristocracy 52
10. 3. The Yangban in the Change of Dynasties 99
11. 4. Institutional Crisis in the Late Koryo 154
12. 5. Reform and Dynastic Change 204
13. 6. The Ideology of Reform 237
14. 7. Some Final Considerations 266
15. Notes 285
16. Korean Dynasties and Kings 325
17. Glossary of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Terms 329
18. Bibliography 357
19. Index 375