282Book IV
Second Year of Reign (1393)
7th Month
1st Day (Kapchin)
An eclipse took place, but it was invisible. At first, an astrologer (ilgwan)
reported, saying, “There will be an eclipse around sunset.” The king waited
until the sunset, dressed in plain white clothes. He took them off after the
sun went down.
The king said to Chief Royal Secretary Yi Chik, “Every day when I carry
out my duties, both high- and low- ranking officials abruptly come into
Pop’yŏngjŏn^1 Hall to make a report, which I believe is quite inappropriate
and presumptuous. From this day forward, let the military commissioner [of
the Righteousness Flourishing Royal Guards] first inquire about official
business at the gate before he allows the visitors to proceed to see me.
2nd Day (Ŭlsa)
The king sent Han Kyebo, special director of palace attendants (naesi
pyŏlgam), to invite Royal Preceptor Ch’ach’o with a message: “Since you
became royal preceptor, it is not appropriate that you stay in the deep in the
mountains. Come to the capital as fast as you can.”- One of the royal council halls where the king attended to the routine matters of govern-
ment. Later, it was renamed “Sajŏngjŏn.”