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

292 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o In the royal palace, solemn and nine- fold deep, Thousands of state affairs are pile ...

Book IV 293 He seemed almost invincible. At the sound of the drum and with redoubled courage, Our king ran into the heart of the ...

294 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Heaven assisted a virtuous general and had his righteous banners turn around. One wh ...

Book IV 295 the state was in extreme disorder and a remedy for it called for. The office responsible shall hold a ceremony and h ...

296 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o me, risking their lives, and underwent all kinds of difficulties over the past thirt ...

Book IV 297 * Censors, including An Kyŏnggŏm,^24 memorialized to the king: “We request that the walls of the capital be constr ...

298 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Deeply moved by your kindness, I have tried to be sincerer in dis- charging my duti ...

Book IV 299 were discharging their duties properly. Thereafter, the king commanded the inspectors [of the Office of the Inspecto ...

300 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Song Munjung,^28 director of the Publications Office, and Cho Kyŏng, general- in- c ...

Book IV 301 make investigations on the local magistrates who failed to provide corvée laborers by the designated time. He had ni ...

302 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Meteorological Observatory, are the same as those made by Kang Ch’ŏnsu, Yi Ch’ŏnu, a ...

Book IV 303 29th Day (Imin) The king paid a visit to Such’ang Palace to stay overnight. The government had runaways of Korean de ...

304 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o away, but the ones he took away were actually not his.^39 If there were some who bel ...

Book IV 305 4th Day (Pyŏngo) The king ordered the Privy Council to have the workers who were engaged in constructing the walls p ...

306 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Kae, of Kyŏngsang Province; An Kyŏnggong, of Chŏlla Province; Yu Wŏnjŏng, of Sŏhae P ...

Book IV 307 17th Day (Kimi) Yi Chi, an envoy on a diplomatic mission to present a memorial to the Chinese emperor, reached Liaod ...

308 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o In the Kimi year (1379), during the reign of the false king [U], Sojong was reinstat ...

Book IV 309 When the king [T’aejo] ascended to the throne, he appointed Sojong as minister of the Board of War and included his ...

310 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o arise in the course of five hundred years.’^53 It is five hundred years since the Ko ...

Book IV 311 the property of the people; listening to the secret slander of petty people around him, he forgot about His Majesty, ...