List of Tables List of Genealogical Charts Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Koryo Political System 2. The Rise of a Central Bureaucratic Aristocracy 3. The Yangban in the Change of Dynasties 4. Institutional Crisis in the Late Koryo 5. Reform and Dynastic Change 6. The Ideology of Reform 7. Some Final Considerations Notes Korean Dynasties and Kings Glossary of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Terms Bibliography Index Tables 1.1 Concurrent Appointments, 981
1069 and 1070
1146 2.1 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 981
1146 2.2 Most Powerful Descent Groups, 981
1146 2.3 Descent Groups with Multiple Sons in Office, 1070
1146 2.4 Comparison of Descent Groups, 981
1069 and 1070
1146 2.5 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1260
1392 2.6 Most Powerful Descent Groups of the Late Koryo 2.7 Examination-Graduate Officials, 1260
1392 3.1 Grade Structure at the Beginning of the Choson 3.2 Distribution of Officials by Branch and Grade, 1392
1400 3.3 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1392
1400 3.4 Most Powerful Descent Groups under T
aejo and Chongjong 3.5 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1401
5 3.6 Most Powerful Descent Groups under T
aejong, 1401
5 3.7 Most Powerful Descent Groups, 1392
1405 3.8 Status of Powerful Choson Descent Groups in the Late Koryo 3.9 Descent Groups New to the Central Bureaucracy, Late KoryöEarly Choson 3.10 Status of Fallen Late Koryo Great Descent Groups 3.11 Intermarriage among the Top Ten Descent Groups, Late Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 3.12 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1430
32 3.13 Descent Structure of the Central Bureaucracy, 1455
57 3.14 Most Powerful Descent Groups, 1430
32 and 1455
57 3.15 Descent Groups with the Most Examination Graduates, 1392
1592 4.1 Levels of Todang Activity, 1279
1351 4.2 Levels of Todang Activity, 1351
88 5.1 Consolidated Army Command Officials, 1393
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