Book V 395that is not right either.” Then he immediately ordered that Yi Chae, chief
official of the Agency of Land Management Grants, be imprisoned in the
Capital Constabulary Prison and dispatched Pak Charyang,^86 an official of
the Directorate for Palace Maintenance, to the site [Choŭn Island?] to con-
duct investigations.
15th Day (Kyech’uk)
As it was the anniversary of the death of Queen Hyo, the king’s great- great-
grandmother, the king had the number of his dishes reduced and the morning
audience and the markets suspended.16th Day (Kabin)
The king pardoned Yi Chae.^8720th Day (Muo)
When the envoys of Ming China, Ch’oe Yŏn and Chin Hallyong and others,
returned to China, [Korea] offered five eunuchs to the Chinese emperor.
The king went out as far as outside Sŏnŭimun Gate to bid farewell to them.
The Privy Council also gave them a farewell party at Pot’ongnu Pavilion
in the west.
Chin Hallyong, a member of the Chinese envoys, became so drunk that
he started complaining: “The [Chinese] envoys who previously visited were
all treated generously. Tell me why you treat me now as if I were nobody?”
He abruptly tore off his robe and stamped on it, shouting, “I would rather
die here than see the emperor wearing this shabby- looking robe.” Then he
suddenly attempted to stab himself in the neck.
Our ministers tried to avoid him, but Kim Ipgyŏn,^88 who was responsible
for entertaining Chinese envoys, quickly grabbed his arm, saying, “How
can an imperial envoy behave like this?”- He also served as governor of Chŏlla Province. When his uncle, Pak Wi, was executed
during the Second Strife of Princes in 1400, he retired to Namwŏn, the birthplace of his wife. - A couple of days ago, he got imprisoned for making a mistake in granting an island to
Grand Councilor Chŏng Hŭigye. - Kim Ipgyŏn (1340–1396): a military official of late Koryŏ and early Chosŏn. He
escorted King Kongmin to Andong when Red Turban bandits invaded and also repulsed
Japanese pirates in 1371 together with T’aejo. After T’aejo ascended the throne, he became
grand councilor of the Chancellery.