544 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o
5th Day (Ŭlch’uk)
Leading various officials, the king congratulated the imperial crown prince
of China on the occasion of his birthday.6th Day (Pyŏngin)
Kim Ipgyŏn, our envoy who had visited Ming China to celebrate the impe-
rial birthday, returned from the Ming capital and reported that Song Hŭijŏng,
our interpreter, and Kwŏn Ŭlsong, envoy of horses (amma), had been exiled
to a distant place.
Earlier, Kim Ŭlsang, envoy to the Imperial Throne, paid a visit to the
prince of Yan at his palace on his way to the Chinese court and reported to
the king after he returned home: “Prince of Yan said to me, ‘Why does your
king not send me horses?’ ” Trusting this report from his envoy, the king
had Ipgyŏn deliver a saddled horse to the prince of Yan when he visited
China a little later. After receiving the horse from our envoy, the prince of
Yan told the emperor about it. The emperor became indignant to hear about
the horse and said, “How can the king of Chosŏn personally associate with
the prince of Yan?” Then he gave orders to banish Hŭijŏng and Ŭlsong to
Jinchi Guard Unit and later to Tengchong Prefecture.^527th Day (Chŏngmyo)
Rain kept falling and finally stopped the next day.The king said, “The families of high officials have seized most of the thick
forests in the Kyŏnggi region, and the common people are unable to get
their firewood, and I feel sorry for them. Give orders to the Office of the
Inspector-General to watch over those families carefully.”The Privy Council sent the Lord of Hansan, Yi Saek, 100 sŏk of rice and
beans, but the latter declined to receive them.The king strictly prohibited the private trading of hawks among the
people.- Modern Baoshan City in southwest China.