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In the article, we examined a list of Anchalsa officers as recorded in “Gyeongsangdoyeongjujemyeongki”, and verified that about 25% of the listed people actually served the office, after leaving out cases such as redundant listing. Some errors were found including misspelled names, years or beon, but they are largely the result of a dilapidated manuscript or mistakes during the process of making the manuscript, and as such, they do not undermine the value of the book as historical documents. The book explains that the position of Anchalsa was formerly Dobuseosa, and the change came about because until the Anchalsa system settled in the Gyeongsangdo region, Dongnamhaedobuseo took charge of legal matters, in addition to its primary duty of coastal guard. Regarding the time period when Anchalsa began to oversee provincial administration, we need to take note of the title of Jeong Gwangdo and Jeon Oryun who served as Anchalsa in Gyeongsangdo Province in the fourth year of King Gongmin's reign. Their roles included gamchang (監倉) that supervises taxation and warehouses, anjib (安集) that tends to the needs of local people, gwonnong (勸農) that encourages agricultural activities, jeonsu (轉輸) that delivers collected offerings to the central government, as well as Bangeosa and Byeongmasa that oversaw criminal punishment, imprisonment, and military matters. These suggest that the Anchalsa system as a tool for local administration was firmly established by the fourth year of King Gongmin's reign. The system continued into Joseon dynasty, forming systematic foundations for local administration.