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

412 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 4th Day (Sinch’uk) The officials of the Privy Council inspected Sŏnjae [which the As ...

Book VI 413 11th Day (Mujin) The government changed the name of the official title of administrator belonging to the Consorts’ E ...

414 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o * The king sent his decree to the Privy Council: “According to what I have heard, ...

Book VI 415 Sutra in gold and to make four copies so that they can be kept in the Buddhist monasteries and read once in a while. ...

416 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o only complain about their dissatisfactions, often breaking the law, and this is extr ...

Book VI 417 30th Day (Chŏngmyo) The Office of the Inspector-General submitted a memorial to the king: “The people recruited from ...

418 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o King Kongmin’s lack of an heir to succeed him indicates that you had already been ch ...

Book VI 419 of the sage king who really cares about his people. The Classic of Documents says, ‘Heaven hears and sees as our peo ...

420 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “The quality of military forces outweighs their numbers in importance. We would like ...

Book VI 421 directorate that will handle solely slave affairs, employing fair- minded offi- cials and establishing strict rules ...

422 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o civil or military officials who rendered service to the state should be pro- moted r ...

Book VI 423 “1. It is the king’s virtue to listen to words of advice and accept the remon- strance of his subjects, and it is th ...

424 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o morning audience suspended. He also sent Yi Hwa, Count of Ŭian, to offer a sacrifice ...

Book VI 425 admonished Emperor Shun, saying, ‘Don’t be arrogant like Danzhu,^33 who only likes to enjoy himself, doing nothing a ...

426 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o of occasions, I sent my officials to your court—including Kim Ipgyŏn, Yun Sadŏk, Yi ...

Book VI 427 * The Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory reported that the moon came close to the Constellation of Heart ...

428 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Then the king said to Left Chancellor Cho Chun and Right Chancellor Kim Sahyŏng: “At ...

Book VI 429 Mencius said, ‘The purpose of learning some skill is to put it in practice when one grows up.’^40 So I would like to ...

430 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o westward and established his capital in Guanzhong, following the advice of Liu Jing. ...

Book VI 431 Since Kyerim and Wansan are located very far from the center, how could you rule the state from such remote places? ...