Compilation and Enforcement of the Gyeongguk Daejeon Code (Early 16th Century)

Timeline

1. 1501–1504Hanyang Board of Punishments and Board of Taxation · Korean PeninsulaThe court compiled the edicts and regulations issued after the Seongjong revision of the Gyeongguk Daejeon into supplementary codes, standardizing rules on household service, criminal law, and ritual for government offices at all levels.
2. 1505–1510Provincial offices of the Eight Provinces of Joseon · Korean PeninsulaLocal supervisory and judicial offices tried cases on land, taxation, and criminal matters according to the Gyeongguk Daejeon and supplementary codes; the written code became the core reference for the Joseon bureaucracy's daily administration and was never fully abandoned even amid political turmoil.