Yu Kilchun’s Concept of Reform of the Tax System in the Korean Empire

Yu Kilchun in “Semubu (Tax Department)” criticizes the trend of the tax system, in which the authority to impose and collect taxes had been taken away from the local magistrates and the isŏ class (composed of hyangni, local functionaries, and sŏri, petty clerks) during the Kabo Reform was once aga...

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Main Author: Jinah Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea University, Center for Korean History 2016-08-01
Series:International Journal of Korean History
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Online Access:http://ijkh.khistory.org/upload/pdf/ijkh-21-2-49.pdf