The Great Dictionary of Government Policy (English: Kyǒngguk-daejǒn)

Japanese: 経国大典 - けいこくたいてん（英語表記）Kyǒngguk-daejǒn

Code of Laws of the Yi Dynasty, Korea. 6 volumes. King Sejo tried to correct the inconsistency of various legal codes such as the "Geongguk Six Codes," "Continued Six Codes," and "Economic Six Codes and Transcriptions" that had existed since the beginning of the state (none of which survive today), and to establish an eternal and unchanging law by adding subsequent religious orders. He ordered Choi Heng and others to compile the "Geongguk Daejeon." In the 6th year of King Sejo's reign (1461), the first set of codes was compiled: the House Code, and in the 1st year of King Yejong's reign (69), the four codes were compiled for personnel, etiquette, military affairs, and engineering. After several revisions, the code was published and distributed on January 1, the 2nd year of King Seongjong's reign (71). It was revised several times and completed in the 16th year of the same year. The Official Code covers official regulations, the House Code covers finance and economy, the Rites Code covers ritual regulations, the Military Code covers military administration, the Penal Code covers criminal law, and the Engineering Code covers civil engineering and maintenance. Even after this code was completed, other supplementary codes were compiled one after another, but the six-volume Daedeon Hoetong, compiled in the second year of the reign of King Yi (1865), contains all of these codes and is an indispensable historical source for understanding the legal system of the Yi dynasty.

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Japanese:

朝鮮，李朝法典。6巻。世祖は，国初以来の「経国六典」「続六典」「経済六典謄録」などの諸法典 (いずれも現存しない) の不統一を正し，またそれ以後の教令を加えて，永世不易の法をたてようとし，崔恒などに『経国大典』の編纂を命じ，世祖6 (1461) 年，まず戸典，睿宗1 (69) 年に吏，礼，兵，工の4典がつくられ，数次の修正を経て成宗2 (71) 年1月1日に刊行頒布した。なお数次の修正が加えられ，完成は同 16年である。吏典は官制，戸典は財政経済，礼典は儀制，兵典は軍政，刑典は刑法，工典は土木，営繕などの規定から成る。本法典完成後も，これを補足する法典が次々に編纂されたが，李太王2 (1865) 年成立した『大典会通』6巻は，これらをすべて収録した李朝法制を知る不可欠の史料である。

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