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Since Pan passes by me without dismounting from his horse, is his conduct
appropriate?” Then he complained to the Office of the Inspector-General by
sending a letter. The Office of the Inspector-General condemned Pan’s con-
duct and impeached him, but the king forgave him.
15th Day (Pyŏngja)
The king summoned a chief inspector and gave orders: “The uncultivated
lands in Kyŏnggi Province are all forcibly occupied by powerful local fam-
ilies or turned into pasturage, so the people have no place to get the forage
for their cattle. Furthermore, their crops are often trampled and ruined by
the horses and cows [owned by the landed gentry]. Send out inspectors and
stop these abuses.”
Then he appointed Kim Chil and Kim Yak, bailiffs of the Office of the
Inspector-General, as the chief inspectors of Left and Right [Kyŏnggi]
Provinces, respectively.
16th Day (Chŏngch’uk)
The king called an official of the Astronomical and Meteorological Obser-
vatory and asked, “What should we think about the collapse of moun-
tains?” The official replied, “It doesn’t really matter as long as they are not
famous ones.”
18th Day (Kimyo)
The government dispatched Palace Censor Kwak Kyŏngŭi to Liaodong to
deliver one thousand horses to the Chinese authorities.
20th Day (Sinsa)
Hail fell and continued for next couple of days.
27th Day (Muja)
Venus approached Regulus.
Kim Yŏngnyŏl, navy commander of Right Kyŏnggi Province, captured one
Japanese ship along with twenty- six people and presented them to the king.
Pleased with his performance, the king bestowed upon him a horse from the