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25th Day (Kihae)
The king returned from his trip to the hot springs.Tuohuan Buhua presented two bows made of horn, and the king recipro-
cated by sending a official with the following message: “If I were a general
as I used to be, I would accept your gift. What would I do with it now?
Though I wish to see you right away, I have just returned from my trip to the
hot springs, which was made to treat a minor ailment. So I am now very
tired and weary. If you stay at the guesthouse for a couple of days, I will be
able to see you.” Then he ordered a palace attendant to have food sent [to
Tuohuan Buhua].26th Day (Kyŏngja)
The king ordered Yi Mu,^68 commissioner of the Security Council, to inspect
the battleships in the West River (Sŏgang) in order to make preparations for
the Japanese marauders.27th Day (Sinch’uk)
The government provided relief to poor people with grain from the righ-
teous granary (ŭich’ang).^6930th Day (Kapchin)
The day being the anniversary of the death of his father, King Hwan, the
king ordered that the number of dishes for his meals be reduced and that
monks chant Buddhist sutras in the palace.Pine trees suffer caterpillar damage.- Yi Mu (?–1409): a civil official of late Koryŏ and early Chosŏn. During the reign of
King Kongyang, he was exiled for being a member of Yi Inim’s clique. After the Chosŏn
dynasty was founded, he became deputy commissioner of the Security Council and visited
Ming China as an envoy to express gratitude on behalf of the king. In 1396, he became supreme
commander and subjugated the Japanese islands Iki and Tsushima, and in 1398, he assisted
Prince Chŏngan during the First Strife of Princes. In 1409, implicated in the conspiracy of Min
Mugu, he was exiled to Ch’angwŏn. A little later, he was moved to Chukchu and executed. - One of the storehouses that stored grain in normal times for public relief in years of
poor harvest. (Ki- baik Lee, p. 124)