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

12 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o office from his father, soldiers were eager to follow him. When Yaozhu came of age, H ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 13 The king [Kongmin] said to Hwanjo, “I want you to go back to your post right away and pacify ...

14 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o reign of King Kojong,^60 and it took ninety-nine years to recover them all. The king ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 15 to the court, which stated, “Our people who had crossed the border all returned home, followi ...

16 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o When T’aejo was young, he climbed up a mountain to hunt down a wild boar. As he was a ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 17 make a good dish for dinner?” So Hwanjo ordered T’aejo to shoot a deer taking some of his sol ...

18 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o only recourse was to turn around immediately and flee on horseback over a frozen pond ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 19 paddle is called paeji, and hitting the ball with the backside of the ladle, chipi. After he ...

20 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o In winter, Pan Cheng, Sha Liu, Guan Xiansheng, Zhu Yuanshuai, Po Toupan, and other Re ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 21 Secretariat (Xingsheng) of Shenyang, to invade the lands of Samsal [Pukch’ŏng] and Holmyŏn [H ...

22 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Every time the battle became intense, an enemy general clad with iron armor decorate ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 23 dismounted from his horse and gave it to Nahachu so that the latter could escape. Thus Nahach ...

24 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o behind, and they all fell to the ground at the sound of flying arrows. He continued t ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 25 military operation. At the same time, the king ordered T’aejo to take a thousand crack cavalr ...

26 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o border, but they were afraid of T’aejo and tried to restrain themselves from behaving ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 27 mind doing the tasks normally assigned to low-ranking soldiers, [such as gathering firewood o ...

28 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o and, then, marching another 700 li, he crossed the Yalu River. That day, a strong pur ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 29 No Chŏng, surrendered themselves along with over three households under their control, and T’ ...

30 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o be able to shoot you to death with only one arrow.” However, Ming would not take heed ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 31 Tongnyŏng Administration, instead of the royal palace where the emperor stayed, and even wors ...