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Kwangt’ong, Hohyŏn, Myŏngnye, T’aep’yŏng, Hundo, Sŏngmyŏng, Naksŏn,
Chŏngsim, Myŏngch’ŏl, Sŏngsin, and Yesŏng. The West Ward (Sŏbu) con-
sists of eleven precincts: Yŏnggyŏn, Indal, Chŏksŏn, Yŏgyŏng, Inji,
Hwanghwa, Ch’wihyŏn, Yangsaeng, Sinhwa, Pansŏk, and Pansong. The
North Ward (Pukbu) consisted of ten precincts: Kwanghwa, Yangdŏk,
Kahoe, An’guk, Kwan’gwang, Chinjŏng, Sunhwa, Myŏngt’ong, Chunsu,
and Ŭit’ong. The Central Ward (Chungbu) consisted of eight precincts:
Chŏng Sŏn, Kyŏnghaeng, Kwanin, Sujin, Chingch’ŏng, Changt’ong, Sŏrin,
and Kyŏnp’yŏng.The crown prince returned to the palace at night after visiting Yu
Yongsaeng,^29 former commissioner of the Security Council.23rd Day (Kyŏngsul)
The king dispatched inspectors to both Left and Right Kyŏnggi Provinces
to prohibit the people from recklessly releasing their horses to graze, thereby
harming crops.26th Day (Kyech’uk)
Yu Yang, former director of the Agriculture Office (Chŏnnongsi), was
ordered to deliver 500 tribute horses to the Chinese authorities in
Liaodong.27th Day (Kabin)
The Office of the Inspector-General requested that Yi Chŏn be punished
according to the law, and His Majesty [then Prince Chŏngan] said to the
king, “I heard that Talch’ung, Chŏn’s father, had asked Your Majesty to look
after his son before you ascended the throne. Though he committed a crime,
I believe it is not appropriate to behead him.” The king suddenly remembered- Yu Yongsaeng (?–1434): An official of late Koryŏ and early Chosŏn. He was the son of
Assistant Chancellor Yŏn. He grew up in the court of King Kongmin and became deputy com-
missioner of the Security Council when he was twenty during the reign of King Ch’ang. In
1392, he served as military commissioner of the Northeast Region and magistrate of Hwaryŏng
and rendered a great service in capturing Japanese marauders. Later, he served as minister of
works, of punishments, of taxation, and sixth state councilor, and visited Ming China as envoy.