Book VIII 529brought the tablets to the newly built Royal Ancestral Shrine. Then the king
ordered Kwŏn Chunghwa, assistant grand councilor of the Chancellery, to
perform the ceremony of relocating the royal ancestral tablets.29th Day (Kyŏngin)
Hail fell with loud thunder and lightning.10th Month
2nd Day (Imjin)
Rain fell, accompanied by lightning.4th Day (Kabo)
Dressed in the red royal robe (kangsap’o)^33 with a jade crown (wŏnyugwan)^34
and riding in the ivory carriage, the king arrived at the Royal Ancestral
Shrine at the front of the entourage of officials, all attired in court dress.
When the royal carriage arrived, the officials in charge of the shrine stood
on the left side of the street to greet the king. The king performed a rite
of prostrating himself four times (sabaerye) outside the east gate before
entering the shrine.
5th Day (Ŭlmi)
Dressed in the royal dragon robe (kollyongp’o) and the mortarboard crown
with strings of hanging beads on the front and back (myŏllyugwan), the king
personally performed the invocation ceremony of the spirits and offered
the first cup of wine. Then the crown prince offered the second cup of wine
to the spirits and Right Chancellor Kim Sahyŏng the third and final cup.
After the king returned to his quarters from the ceremony, the “hundred”
[various] officials from the central and provincial governments congratu-
lated him.
When the royal carriage arrived on the streets, the erudite of the National
Academy, along with the students, presented three songs to the king. The
first was “Song of Heavenly the Mandate” (“Ch’ŏn’gam”); the second, “Song
- It is the king’s formal attire made of red silk.
- The crown is made of black silk and decorated with jade.