The Hwabaek (), or council of nobles, served as the chief royal council in
Silla
Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...
; it is composed of the nobles of higher rank (
Jingol) and headed by the
Sangdaedeung. The Hwabaek council decided the most important state affairs, such as succession to the throne and declarations of war.
Hwabaek Council(和白會議) are held only when the state has important events, attendees at the council are only nobles(群官, 百官). It was also a unanimous, not majority, system in which a single opponent would not pass the plan.
[Unlike Baekje was majority rule in Jeongsa Rock Council(政事巖會議)]
The venue for the Hwabaek Council was decided by taking turns to four sacred places in Silla.
It is presumed that the king participated in the early days of the Silla.
This is confirmed at the monument of
Jijeung of Silla and the Monument of
Beopheung of Silla
Beopheung (r. 514–540 AD) was the List of monarchs of Korea, 23rd monarch of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was preceded by Jijeung of Silla, King Jijeung (r. 500–514) and succeeded by Jinheung of Sil ...
.
In 531 the head of the aristocracy,
Sangdaedeung was appointed as the presiding, from which time the king left the meeting and the new head of the aristocracy, Sangdaedeung presided over the council.
The council made a decision to depose the
Jinji of Silla, who believed that there was a flaw in his performance as a king, and put it into practice.
Later, from the era of
Munmu of Silla
Munmu of Silla (626–681), personal name Kim Pŏm-min, was a Korean monarch who served as the 30th king of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He is usually considered to have been the first ruler of the Unified Silla period. Munmu was the son of ...
and
Sinmun of Silla the royal authority became stronger and the status of Sangdaedeung and Hwabaek Council weakened. It will be revived briefly at the end of Silla, when the royal authority falls.
See also
*
Book of Sui, Silla Records ()
*
Old Book of Tang
The ''Old Book of Tang'', or simply the ''Book of Tang'', is the first classic historical work about the Tang dynasty, comprising 200 chapters, and is one of the Twenty-Four Histories. Originally compiled during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...
, Silla Records ()
References
Political history of Korea
Government agencies of Silla
Historical legislatures
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