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

392 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 25th Day (Kabo) Three imperial envoys, including Hwang Yŏnggi, came to visit with an ...

Book V 393 the people who had Wang as their family name from the beginning were compelled to adopt their maternal family names, ...

394 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 6th Day (Kapchin) Because there was a severe drought, officials offered prayers and ...

Book V 395 that is not right either.” Then he immediately ordered that Yi Chae, chief official of the Agency of Land Management ...

396 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Hallyong tried to further perpetuate a disturbance but finally stopped acting reckle ...

Book V 397 “So we request Your Majesty to order the Regional Military Commission of Liaodong to return the Koreans whom it took ...

398 Book VI Third Year of Reign (1394) 6th Month 1st Day (Kisa) The Privy Council submitted a memorial to the king: “Now that yo ...

Book VI 399 The king said, “You need to discuss further the use of silk, gold, silver, beads, and jade of various kinds, as well ...

400 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o mother and close relatives, who were enfeoffed as lady of the palace (kungju), princ ...

Book VI 401 by sending our envoys to you every year. In the twenty- sixth year of the reign of Hongwu (1393), I sent your servan ...

402 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “As to the man named Yu Tua and others mentioned in your decree, we could not find t ...

Book VI 403 From this day forward, Kaesŏng Magistracy should be much stricter in enforcing the rules of society and at the same ...

404 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o forms a natural fortress. The one who rules over such a land cannot maintain himself ...

Book VI 405 on High. If your servant, who received favor from Your Majesty, sent his men to spy secretly on your territory, and ...

406 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 21st Day (Kich’uk) Hwangbo Im, administrative commissioner of the Security Council, ...

Book VI 407 Sangnyŏng, Chŏksŏng, Imgang, Majŏn, Songnim, Yŏnju, Kobong, Kyoha, Kŭmju, Yangch’ŏn, Namyang, Ansan, Inju, T’osan, a ...

408 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o governors as you have instructed, we will have the Censorate recommend the right can ...

Book VI 409 Ch’oe Yugyŏng^7 as governor of Kyŏngsang Province, Hong Kilmin^8 as gov- ernor of P’unghae Province, O Sach’ung as g ...

410 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o * Im Kŏryun and Yi Kunp’il returned. At first, as the Chief Military Commission of ...

Book VI 411 7th Month 2nd Day (Kihae) The officials of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory reported on the site of t ...