Book VI 4117th Month
2nd Day (Kihae)
The officials of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory reported
on the site of the new capital city: “The best is the site where Puril Monastery^10
is, and the second best is Sŏnjae.”^11
To express his gratitude to the [Chinese] emperor for releasing Yi Kyŏnsil,
the king prepared a memorial and dispatched Cho Im to present it to the
emperor while carrying out his diplomatic mission to commemorate the
imperial birthday as envoy (chŏrilsa). The memorial he sent was as follows:
“On the twenty- first day of the third month of the twenty- seventh year of the
reign of Hongwu (1394), a representative (ch’ain) dispatched by the Chief
Military Commission of Liaodong arrived at the Yalu River. Three people
on our side, including ChiliarchYi Kyŏnsil, Military Commissioner Kang
Pojŏng, and Interpreter, Kim Yong crossed the river to welcome the Chinese
representative, but to their surprise, they got arrested by the Chinese author-
ities. Our people living on the border areas were so shocked and afraid that
they did not know what to do, and I had to submit a memorial to you
explaining what had happened. Under such circumstances, on the twenty-
eighth of the sixth year of the twenty- seventh year of the reign of Hongwu,
the aforementioned three people, including Yi Kyŏnsil, were released and
returned from the Chinese capital after receiving your instruction. Upon
their return, they reported that they had received favors and gifts from Your
Majesty. Our people and I are overjoyed.”
3rd Day (Kyŏngja)
An Sungno, former administrative commissioner of the Security Council,
died. He was a native of Sunhŭng and the son of Kŭgin, Lord of Chuksŏng.^12
He was by nature tidy and diligent. He was well read and ambitious. He died
of illness and was survived by two sons, Mangji and Kyŏngji.
- Presumably located in P’aju, Kyŏnggi Province. It is also called Sŏngogae.
- Presumably located in P’aju, Kyŏnggi Province. It is also called Sŏngogae.
- An Kŭgin (?–1388): an official of late Koryŏ. He served as military commander of the
Eastern Capital (Kyŏngju), right policy advisor, director (taejehak), and administrator of the
civil service examination.