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royal stable as well as silk and wine by dispatching General- in- Chief
Ko Pongji.28th Day (Kichíuk)
The king dispatched Chang Chach’ung, assistant director of the Security
Council, to the Chinese capital with his memorial to congratulate the
birthday of the Chinese crown prince.Pak Ŏn, a resident of Yŏnghŭng Prefecture and former director of the
Directorate for Armaments, fell sick and died at hae hour [9:30–10:30] at
night on the eleventh day of the sixth month, and Kim Wŏn’gyŏng, the son
of his wife’s ex- husband, buried him at chin hour [7:30–8:30] in the morning
of the following day. When four days passed after the funeral, it happened
that Kim Yonggyun, former vice commandant, passed by Ŏn’s grave and
heard a sound of calling a servant from inside the grave. He ran to Ŏn’s
house and told the residents what had happened. The servant of the house
went and opened the grave, but he found his master dead again.The king sent Yu Ku, grand academician to Hoeam Monastery, to hold the
ceremony for eliminating disasters (sojae pŏpsŏk).A sacrificial ritual was held on the altar on Mt. Paegak [Mt. Pugak].^11Venus approached Regulus.9th Month
4th Day (Ŭlmi)
The king ordered Chŏng Hon, third minister of the Board of Rites, and
Chang Chido, vice supervisor of the Publications Office, to submit a copy
of Essentials of the Government of the Zhenguan Period (Zhenguan
Zhengyao)^12 after proofreading the book.- The mountain right behind Kyŏngbok Palace in Seoul. It is also called Mt. Pug’ak.
- It is a book that documented the words and deeds of Emperor Taizong of the Tang
dynasty, who was considered the paragon of all the rulers in Chinese history. It was compiled
by a historian, Wu Jing, fifty years after Taizong’s death. After its publication, the book
became so famous and influential that it served as the textbook for rulers of later ages.