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of officials below rank 5, I will have the Chancellery issue them. If you
happen to find the wrong person recommended for office, I want you to
speak out immediately.”24th Day (Kyŏngo)
The government dispatched investigating censors (kamch’al) to Ŭiju and
other places to prohibit people from crossing the border to conduct trade.25th Day (Sinmi)
The sacrifice for the four generations of the king’s royal ancestors was
offered on the day of sacrifice (nabil).^109Minor merit subjects, including Yu Mansu, held a banquet to entertain
the king.26th Day (Imsin)
The government had Inhŭi Hall^110 and Chŏkkyŏngwŏn,^111 of the previous
dynasty, demolished.27th Day (Kyeyu)
O Mongŭl,^112 general-in-chief, visited the palace, leading twenty-six youths
from Wansan. The king called him into the inner palace and bestowed wine
upon him. Then he ordered Yi Hwa, Count of Ŭian, to take care of them.The king proclaimed a royal decree: “At the end of the previous dynasty, the
laws of land and slaves were in disarray so that cunning people conspired to- It indicates the day designated for the royal family to offer sacrifices to its ancestors or
state guardian deities. It normally took place several days after the winter solstice. - It is a palace near Wangryun Monastery in Kaesŏng, built by King Kongmin to
enshrine the portrait and spirit tablet of his beloved Queen Noguk after her death. - A royal garden in Kaesŏng, built by King Kongyang in 1390 to enshrine the spirit
tablets of his ancestors of the four preceding generations. - O Mongŭl (?–1398): an official of late Koryŏ and early Chosŏn. He served as governor
of Kangwŏn Province and general-in-chief. Actively participating in the efforts to recommend
T’aejo to the throne, he became a dynasty-founding merit subject first class and received 150
kyŏl of land. However, he was exiled and executed for joining the clique of Nam Ŭn and Chŏng
Tojŏn, the supporters of Crown Prince Pangsŏk, during the First Strife of Princes in 1398.