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

52 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o arrows. Then he said to his attendants, “I will shoot at the spine when I hunt animal ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 53 keep his word to Yŏng, leading the soldiers under his command. He hap- pened to see a roe dee ...

54 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o hogun);^120 and others led our army and fought with the Japanese enemy at a place nor ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 55 troops to rest their horses, removing their saddles. When he was about to mount his horse sho ...

56 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o In the first month of the fourteenth year (1388) of Sin U, Chancellor Yi Inim seized ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 57 At first, the Ming emperor said, “Since the northern, eastern, and western territories above ...

58 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o wants to go ahead and make a success of this expedition, have your royal carriage sta ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 59 A man who came from Isŏng^125 said, “These days the fortress of Liaodong is almost empty beca ...

60 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o suzerain state. King Kongmin served Ming sincerely from the second year of the Hongwu ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 61 the government to withdraw from this military campaign before it was too late, but the king d ...

62 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o king], I will never forgive you. If you touch any property belonging to people, even ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 63 way by removing vehicles piled on the roads. The elderly and the young climbed the hill to wa ...

64 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o Sometime earlier, when T’aejo lived in his private house, a children’s song had been ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 65 escorting the two women, left for the Northeast Region. Whenever they mounted or dismounted t ...

66 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o “Over the past thirty years since he became a military commander in the Kihae year (1 ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 67 country are great, he is only anxious to withdraw without boasting of them, and for that reas ...

68 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o in the Yuan court, I suppose you can speak Chinese.” Saek quickly replied in Chinese, ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 69 jailor arrested his son, Ch’ayak, and interrogated him, whipping him on the back until he ble ...

70 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o from the emperor, however, the Ministry of Rites (Libu) sent a letter of rep- rimand ...

General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 71 T’aejo was crossing Hakp’o Bridge in Anbyŏn,^140 on his way to see Ch’ongsŏkchŏng Pavilion in ...