Book XI 643
3rd Month
1st Day (Kabin)
The king paid a visit to Yŏnbok Monastery.
3rd Day (Pyŏngjin)
A storm blew, and the northeastern sky turned crimson at night.
4th Day (Chŏngsa)
The king sent eunuch Kim Yonggi to offer sacrifices to Wang U, Duke
Kyŏnghŭi.^14
The king paid a visit to Kyŏngch’ŏn Monastery and comforted the spirit of
Queen Sindŏk by holding a Buddhist ceremony celebrating the Flower
Garland Sutra.
5th Day (Muo)
The king took the daughter of Kim Wŏnho, former director, as a court lady.
8th Day (Sinyu)
An Ik, assistant grand councilor of the Chancellery, Kim Hŭisŏn, associate
commissioner of the Security Council, and Kwŏn Kŭn, academician of the
Office of Royal Decrees and State Records, returned home from the Ming
capital, carrying a letter and poems of condolence from the Chinese emperor
as well as two official letters from the Ministry of Rites of China. The impe-
rial letter of condolence read as follows:
“Envoys arrived to report that Lady Kang, the king’s chief queen consort,
had expired, and I am extremely saddened by the news. I am sure that the
king will miss his queen very much every morning and evening, struggling
to cope with his sorrow. How can he stop thinking about her?
“When he transformed his old household into the royal family of the
nation, Lady Kang supported him as his wife and set a good example as the
mother for the nation, didn’t she? Though she left him, he finds her traces
- Younger brother of King Kongyang. Kyŏnghŭi is his posthumous title.