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

32 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “The people residing in our territory, which is east of the Liao River, and their lea ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 33 stone steps. Since King Kongmin had great respect for T’aejo, he treated [his stepbrother] Yi ...

34 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o T’aejo was pursuing a deer together with Yi Turan when he suddenly came upon a fallen ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 35 near Tŏkchŏk^89 and Chayŏn Islands.^90 [King] U^91 mobilized an army from various provinces a ...

36 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Ch’ŏn’gye was none other than Yaozhu [the grandson of Tojo, the founder of T’aejo’s r ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 37 survey the terrain. As he beat his horse with the back of his sword, the metal shone brightly ...

38 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o His horse successfully jumped over it, but the soldiers who followed him could not. T ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 39 Sŭngch’ŏn Prefecture (Kanghwa),^98 and the Japanese openly declared that they would capture o ...

40 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o enemy also ruthlessly cut down young children, causing their corpses to form mountain ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 41 Surveying the corpse-strewn landscape, T’aejo was so saddened he could hardly eat or sleep. A ...

42 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o troops at various strategic points and ordered his officers, including Yi Taejung, U ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 43 him alive, he will certainly harm the lives of our soldiers.” Since Agibaldo wore armor and a ...

44 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o At that time, a man who had been held captive in the enemy camp returned and said, “O ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 45 Yi Saek, Lord of Hansan, composed a complimentary poem to praise T’a e jo. Since you cut down ...

46 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Your loyalty beats the sun in its brightness, And your bravery that cut down the enem ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 47 Since the survival of the state is now at stake, May you spearhead attacks like a god of war! ...

48 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Our Northern Border [Hamgil Province] is strategically important for our security be ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 49 with weapons. From now on, we should train our soldiers more systemati- cally, enforcing stri ...

50 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o taxes because they were granted to officials as stipends. Since the taxes levied on t ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 51 * In the ninth month [of the ninth year of King U], T’aejo returned from the Northeast Regi ...