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verge of collapse. Since he sacrificed himself to save so many other lives,
his contributions will endure forever even though he died. We request that
the department responsible promote his rank posthumously, honor him by
building a shrine for him in Sŏnju, and employ his children in the govern-
ment so that his loyal soul can be consoled and his posterity be encouraged
to emulate him.” The king followed the advice.
9th Day (Kich’uk)
Yu Yang became ill in prison and so was released on probation.
10th Day (Kyŏngin)
The king dispatched Chŏng Yunbo, minister of rites, to the Chinese capital
to extend congratulations on the imperial birthday, presenting his memorial
to the emperor.
The Privy Council requested that the Ministry of Rites of China allow Kim
Chagwi, the son of Kim Chŏksŏn, to recover the body of his dead father and
bring it home for burial.^45
14th Day (Kabo)
Sometime earlier, Chŏng Tojŏn, commander of the Three Armies Head-
quarters, had compiled and submitted the Five- Troop Disposition Diagram
and the Pictures of Hunting Scenes. Pleased with them, the king gave orders
to appoint military training instructors of those books to all provincial com-
manders, their subordinate officers, and military officials of all ranks belong-
ing to the Western File, as well as royal guards of various security divisions,
and to provide them with training according to those books. The king also
dispatched experts to each province to give instructions on the diagram.
At that time, Chŏng Tojŏn, Nam Ŭn, Sim Hyosaeng, and others conspired
to raise an army and advance to the border, and they revealed their plan to
the king for his approval. They also visited Left Chancellor Cho Chun at his
residence in order to persuade him. Chun, who, incidentally, was sick and
lying in bed, immediately called for a sedan chair and proceeded to the
palace and strongly expressed his opposition against the plan: “Our country
- Kim Chŏksŏn, on his diplomatic mission to China, ran into a storm on the sea near
Dengzhou. With his entourage, he was shipwrecked and drowned on the sixth day of the elev-
enth month in 1396.