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EconomyJanuary 689(Lunar)

Abolition of the Nogeup

King Sinmun abolished the nogeup stipend villages of aristocratic officials and paid them an annual grain stipend instead.

A nogeup let its holder collect the tax of a district and use the labour of its people, and so underpinned aristocratic power; its abolition is seen as the high point of royal power under Sinmun. That same year Sinmun tried, and failed, to move the capital to Dalgubeol (Daegu).

Under aristocratic pressure the nogeup were restored in 757 under King Gyeongdeok.

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States and rulers at the time
Silla — King Sinmun

People

  • King SinmunAD 692

    monarch · Munmu's son and 31st king of Silla, who crushed Kim Heum-dol's revolt and strengthened royal power through the National Academy, the nine provinces and office-land grants

Before and after

Earlier
AD 687 Grant of Office Land (Gwallyojeon)
Later
AD 698 Founding of Balhae

Themes that include this event

  • Changes in the Land SystemAD 687 – 1950

    From nogeup to the end of office land — how the rights granted to officials shrank, and gave way to modern land ownership

  • DaeguAD 689 – 1960

    Dalgubeol, where King Sinmun tried to move his capital — where the National Debt Repayment Movement and the 2·28 student protest began