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

792 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 4th Day (Kimyo) The king paid a visit to Hŭngch’ŏn Monastery^15 and later inspected ...

Book XIV 793 and wheat crops suffered losses. Right now, hungry people are crying for food. Unable to fill their stomachs, how c ...

794 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 11th Day (Pyŏngsul) Red rain fell on Mt. Paegun in Yŏngp’yŏng.^16 When the king ran ...

Book XIV 795 situation of the common people, and you will have no problems of erring in judgment. “1. The security of the royal ...

796 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o them accede to their demands. So the people have to spend all that they have just to ...

Book XIV 797 “1. The number of nonessential government employees should be reduced. The purpose of treating public officials hon ...

798 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 14th Day (Kichíuk) The government ordered each province to distribute rice and beans ...

Book XIV 799 precedent that we can proudly hand down to our posterity. We request that you approve the report we previously subm ...

800 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o you ask why I was reluctant to release the workers, it was not because I liked to ha ...

Book XIV 801 reluctant to be frank about matters concerning the future for fear that you will be reprimanded today, how can this ...

802 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Sim Tŏkbu, assistant grand councilor of the Chancellery; Kwŏn Chunghwa, chief direct ...

Book XIV 803 battalions (sa) under the command of supreme generals and generals- in- chief shall be inspected with regard to the ...

804 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o difficult to distinguish right from wrong as far as the situations of people are con ...

Book XIV 805 29th Day (Kapchin) There was another drill.^21 Earlier, the emperor of Ming China believed that in the memorials su ...

806 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o were in a small way, and until my life and strength were exhausted, and I have never ...

Book XIV 807 6th Month 1st Day (Ŭlsa) The hundred [i.e., all] officials stood in line at their respective posts, but the king di ...

808 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o that indicates that he was unaware that there existed certain words to be avoided in ...

Book XIV 809 his illness, he should search for monk Ŭiun and come out to defend him - self but has failed to do so.^22 We reques ...

810 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o 6th Day (Kyŏngsul) The hundred [i.e., all the] officials were assembled at their ass ...

Book XIV 811 crushed them. The prince of Liaodong also raised an army to fight against the Mongols. I was conscripted to serve i ...