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

632 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 10th Day (Kyehae) The moon concealed Jupiter. 15th Day (Mujin) The king paid a visit ...

Book XI 633 poverty due to the natural disasters and locust damage. Under the circum- stances, if they are required to bring the ...

634 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 24th Day (Chŏngch’uk) The status of Yangju^6 in Kangwŏn Province was elevated from d ...

Book XI 635 28th Day (Sinsa) The king paid a visit to Chin’gwan Monastery.^7 The king appointed Yu Ku as right director of the S ...

636 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 30th Day (Kyemi) Kim Sahyŏng, supreme commander of the five provinces, returned. The ...

Book XI 637 9th Day (Imjin) The Japanese returned Wi Ch’ung,^9 former director, and Yi Ŭn, magistrate of Ulju, and others to Kor ...

638 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o authorities mobilized soldiers, they fixed the number of soldiers [to be mobi- lized ...

Book XI 639 sup port personnel one can take should depend on the urgency of the mili- tary situation. One who takes many slaves ...

640 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o are resentful. When they fight against the enemy, they do not try to do their best a ...

Book XI 6 41 18th Day (Sinch’uk) The king ordered that Ch’oe Unhae be exiled to Chinmyŏngp’o^13 in Anbyŏn. He also ordered that ...

642 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 26th Day (Kiyu) There was an earthquake. 27th (Kyŏngsul) A halo was visible around t ...

Book XI 643 3rd Month 1st Day (Kabin) The king paid a visit to Yŏnbok Monastery. 3rd Day (Pyŏngjin) A storm blew, and the northe ...

644 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o everywhere, so he feels her absence more poignantly, doesn’t he? When she was alive, ...

Book XI 645 one, it should be straight and sincere in everything it does. Where does the sun rise and where does it set? There i ...

646 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Upon crossing the border, one finds the fields full of farmers and their singing. Ho ...

Book XI 647 He wishes to fulfill his duty to serve the great nation And avows to pay tribute for thousands of generations. Trave ...

648 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Traveling ten thousand li crossing mountains and seas, We pay tribute and will stay ...

Book XI 649 Nowadays, the four seas [the world] share the same culture, and The best thing is to see the greatness of the superi ...

650 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Looking toward Japan In the east beyond the sea, There live wicked people called Jap ...

Book XI 651 On the State of Chinhan Three States of Han in antiquity stood like a three- legged cauldron,^21 And the land of a t ...