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latter should be made to carry out the work of slaves and sent away to a
government office to work as a runner.” Then the king approved all of the
remaining proposals.The censorial offices submitted a memorial to the king: “Yi Ch’im, former
magistrate of Cheju, made no notable achievements despite having served
for three years. Furthermore, he and his son married the daughters of local
officials. When you look at the way he took his wife and daughter- in- law, it
is not difficult to assume that he secretly carried out state affairs in an inap-
propriate way. We request that you order the relevant department to punish
him so that he can be made an example for posterity.” The king only ordered
the revocation of his appointment certificate.Ham Purim, left policy advisor, had been in mourning for his father for
more than a year, so the king had him recalled to service and restored to his
previously occupied post (kibok). Purim submitted a memorial to the king
requesting that he be allowed to follow the rules of mourning, and the king
granted his request.Wang Mi, former supervisor of the Publications Office, had an affair with
his female servant, and his wife killed her out of jealousy and discarded her
dead body on the side of the road. The Board of Punishments requested that
he be punished, so Mi ran away with his wife. The king ordered that his
appointment certificate be revoked.Tatara Yoshihiro, regional chief of Six Prefectures [Rokushu]^2 in Japan sent
a letter to the Privy Council through his envoy, and the letter was basi-
cally as follows: “Blocked by seas and mountains, I had no choice but to lift
my head and look into the distance. Messenger (Gyounin) Tsu z i k u^3 and
others finally returned, and I am so pleased and relieved to hear the news of
Your Honor. I am deeply grateful for your letter as well as for the local prod-
ucts that you sent me. As for your order that the border people of Iki and
Tsushima Islands be prohibited from invading Chosŏn, how dare I disre-
gard this?”- The Six Prefectures here refer to Izumi, Kii, Suō, Nagato, Buzen, and Iwami, which
are located in southern Japan and close to the Korean Peninsula. - It is likely that messenger Tsuziku here was a monk.