The Annals of King T\'aejo. Founder of Korea\'s Choson Dynasty - Byonghyon Choi

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The Annals of King T’aejo Founder of Korea’s Chosŏn Dynasty t r a n s l a t e d a n d a n n o t a t e d b y Choi Byonghyon h a r ...

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Contents Note on Translation ix Acknowledgments xi Translator’s Introduction xiii General Introduction 1 First Year of Reign (13 ...

vi Contents Fifth Year of Reign (1396) Book IX 560 Book X 593 Sixth Year of Reign (1397) Book XI 630 Book XII 688 Seventh Year o ...

Late Koryŏ and Early Chosŏn Korea ...

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ix Note on Translation The English translation of the entire Annals of King T’aejo (T’aejo Sillok) has never been attempted unti ...

x Note on Translation In my translation, I chose to use the McCune-Reischauer system to romanize Korean words, which I feel is m ...

xi Acknowledgments The task of translating a text of the magnitude of The Annals of King T’aejo could not be carried out without ...

xii Acknowledgments books. I also want to extend my gratitude to the scholars of the Institute for the Translation of Korean Cla ...

xiii Translator’s Introduction The Veritable Records of the Chosŏn Dynasty (Chosŏn wangjo sillok 朝鮮 王朝實錄) is a historical record ...

xiv Translator’s Introduction Once a king died and a new one had ascended to the throne, an ad hoc Annals Compilation Bureau (Si ...

Translator’s Introduction xv for revising his draft history was excluded from grand amnesties and could never be employed again ...

xvi Translator’s Introduction engaged in factional fights. The Westerners (Sŏin) revised the Annals of King Sŏnjo after they sei ...

Translator’s Introduction xvii their family and educational backgrounds were scrutinized to prevent their engaging in any factio ...

xviii Translator’s Introduction their respective offices and departments, such as the State Council, Six Ministries, Royal Secre ...

Translator’s Introduction xix history repository. There were four of these archives around the kingdom in early Chosŏn, but thre ...