Book X 6014th Day (Kich’uk)
Chinese envoy Niu Niu and others watched a hunt using hawks at Yŏngsŏ
Post Station.^66th Day (Sinmyo)
There was frost.The king sent eunuch Cho Sun to Ŭiju to entertain Chinese envoy Song
Boluo [who had to return home early].A total of 79,400 workers were mobilized from Kyŏngsang, Chŏlla, and
Kangwŏn Provinces for the construction of the walls around the capital.8th Day (Kyesa)
The king ordered the Royal Stable Court (Saboksi) to dig a horse washing
pond (semaji) to the west of its office building and went out to see the people
working on it.
9th Day (Kabo)
Queen Hyŏn’s condition became so serious that the king had her taken to
the private house of Yi Tŭkbun,^7 director of the Directorate of Palace
Attendants, for intense treatment.
The king bestowed 50 sŏk of rice and beans upon Sŏl Changsu, director of
the State Finance Commission.
The Japanese invaded Kyŏngsang Province with a fleet of 120 warships
and took away 16 military vessels from us. They also captured the for-
tresses of Tongnae, Kijang, and Tongp’yŏngsŏng, killing Navy Myriarch Yi
Ch’unsu.- It used to be located in modern Ŭnp’yŏnggu in Seoul.
- He was a eunuch who served as assistant grand councilor during the reign of King U.
According to the History of Koryŏ, he was avaricious and impeached for committing various
irregularities. During early Chosŏn, he became director of the Directorate of Palace Attendants;
however, in 1398, he was exiled to Kilchu, North Hamgyŏng Province, for taking bribes.