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

172 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Furthermore, the rightful heirs of their families should receive stipends from the ...

Book II 173 as well as the privilege of direct appointment after passing the civil service examination. “Furthermore, the rightf ...

174 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o * As it was the anniversary of the king’s great-grandmother, the king had the morn ...

Book II 175 ten wings in Anju, and four wings in Ŭiju, and assigned battalion com- manders to each of them so that they could ca ...

176 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Buddhism was first introduced during the reign of Emperor Ming^13 of the Han dynast ...

Book II 177 and the country eventually fell into ruin. King Ŭijong^21 of Koryŏ served meals to thirty thousand monks every year ...

178 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Last time, you had the descendants of the Koryŏ royal family live on Kanghwa and Kŏ ...

Book II 179 cunning slander; and consequently you will become ignorant of what goes on. So your attitude toward these two groups ...

180 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Since military affairs are an important priority of the government, the office that ...

Book II 181 “1. Provisions and post-horses specified by the law should be provided to royal messengers as well as civil and mili ...

182 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “1. Those among local yamen clerks of various provinces, including the ones who serv ...

Book II 183 register them on the record and settle them down by providing them lands and punish those who disobey the orders. “1 ...

184 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Security Council, and others, spoke to the king: “The princes and various members of ...

Book II 185 Sanggyŏng,^29 Director of the Directorate for Palace Maintenance Im Ŏnch’ung,^30 Director of the Directorate for Arm ...

186 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o must serve the king with sincerity and associate with one another with trust. “We sh ...

Book II 187 only send down orders and fail to supervise their implementation, cunning yamen clerks will try to exploit the oppor ...

188 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o for those words under the circumstances in which an official killed another reckless ...

Book II 189 The king appointed Yu Wŏnjŏng^36 as assistant director of the Security Council (Chungch’uwŏn pusa) and Pak Ŭijung^37 ...

190 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o former military commander of Ch’ŏngju; Kwak Ch’ungbo, discussant of the Security Cou ...

Book II 191 deserve to be rewarded. The responsible office shall carry out the ceremony of conferring the title of merit subject ...