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

492 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o yourself for posterity. Since the burden of construction work imposed on the people ...

Book VII 493 “The Classic of Documents says, “Spirits should be consumed only on the occasions of sacrifices, but then virtue sh ...

494 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o cases, people go on a drinking spree and get drunk for several days, forget- ting ev ...

Book VII 495 them to live together, but some of them committed treason, betraying your kindness, and those who were involved in ...

496 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o of King Zhou, as the Duke of Shang. However, it did not take long before Wugeng rose ...

Book VII 497 assaulted by the Japanese, she fiercely resisted until the Japanese cut off one of her arms. When she continued to ...

498 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 8th Day (Kyŏngja) Yi Chik, tribute embassy, returned from the Chinese capital. The k ...

Book VII 499 imperial guards searched their bags and found them out, they reported it to the emperor. Greatly surprised by the r ...

500 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o had a wife who was a daughter of a commoner named Cho Changsu. Years ago, she was ca ...

Book VII 501 28th Day (Kyŏngsin) Censor Yi Ko and others submitted a memorial to the king: “It is absolutely necessary for the k ...

502 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 6th Month 1st Day (Kyehae) The king offered sacrifices by sending officials to Sach’ ...

Book VII 503 Taizong of the Tang dynasty, high officials were strongly opposed to his attempt, and the censorial officials soon ...

504 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 23rd Day (Ŭlyu) Pak Hŏn, chief clerk of the Security Council, submitted a proposal t ...

505 Book VIII Fourth Year of Reign (1395) 7th Month 1st Day (Imjin) The censorial offices impeached Kim Un’gwi, former magistrat ...

506 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o goods. Returning from his mission to Cheju Island, Hwang Kunsŏ, chief pacification c ...

Book VIII 507 reprimand him at all for bringing such items. Nevertheless, he took his own life by jumping into a well. This is w ...

508 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o * The government fixed the grades of sacrificial attire based upon the regula- tio ...

Book VIII 509 their abodes and always move from one place to another. However, their number has now decreased by 80 to 90 percen ...

510 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o and Yi Chik, director of the Security Council, to go down to Kwangju [in Kyŏnggi Pro ...

Book VIII 511 16th Day (Chŏngmi) A man from Satsuma Prefecture in Japan came and presented a local product. The king sent a eunu ...