A Note on Silla-Ritsuryo(_??__??__??__??_)

In 1956, Inst. Pong Tuck Chun (_??__??__??_) released the process how Ritsuryo of Silla Dynasty was formulated. (‘Study on Written Law of Shilla Dynasty’ Univ. Soeulensis Collectio Theseon, humanitas scientia socialis vol. 4)The present author aims at solving the reason why this Ritsuryo was established and the essence of Silla Ritsuryo system (_??__??__??__??__??__??_), under the stark influence of the above-mentioned Inst. Pong's treatise.Samkuk-saki (_??__??__??__??_) says that King Popxu_??_ (_??__??_) enacted Ritsu and Ryo as the first written law in Silla Dynasty (AD 520). But according to some epigraph (_??__??__??__??__??__??__??__??__??__??__??_), it can be recognized that King Popxun only enacted Ritsu code, which was composed of regulations concerning the administration and the justice as well as the punishment. The motive of the establishment of this Rituryo lies, on the one hand, in rivaling Kokurio-Dynasty (_??__??__??_), the advanced nation in three kigdoms at that time, in the culture, and on the other hand, in satisfying Silla noblemen's consciousness of yearning for Chinese culture.It was King Murior (_??__??_) that enacted Ritsu and Ryo together. (AD 654) As a result of restoring the regulations of this Ritsuryo, the author concludes that the purpose of this Ritsuryo was to transform Silla noblemen into bureaucrats and to set up a powerful enough, centralized and despotic government to endure Chinese pressure.In the middle of the 8th century, established was Silla Ritsuryo system in which Silla people were govened as Komin (_??__??_) through a taxation system to levy duties on each village by the state organ. In Tang (_??_), however, the governed were taxed individually by census registers. Namely, Silla Ritsuryo system was so different from T'ang's.It was because Silla monarchs were so weak without Silla noblemen's support that Ritsuryo was not enforced in Silla so strong as in Tang, in spite of its adopting T'ang Ritsuryo under T'ang's authority.