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person who had reported that Hŭngdo was a member of the Wang clan. The
king had him beaten with a paddle and banished. The officials of the Board
of Punishments requested that Pogyang be punished for committing slander.
Then the king said, “Though Pogyang’s report does not fully agree with the
facts, it is true that Hŭngdo changed his family name from Wang to Hwang.
Hence, one cannot say that he completely committed slander.”
24th Day (Imsin)
The king ordered the Privy Council to specially grant a tax exemption
on the lands belonging to two Buddhist monasteries, Chunghŭngsa and
Ŏkchŏngsa.^5
The king appointed Manifestly Expedient General Tong Duolao as senior
chiliarch of Wuduli, with a letter of appointment issued by the Security
Council.
The king ordered Ch’oe Yŏngji, chief patrolling and surveillance commis-
sioner of the Northwest Region, to construct fortresses in Sŏnju and
P’yŏngyang.
The king ordered the Privy Council to increase the salary land (nokkwajŏn)
of all rank holding officials.
26th Day (Kapsul)
The king ordered each province to present fifty stallions that were to be sent
to China as tribute horses.
The Ulju yamen clerks named Yi To and Pak Ŏn were exempted from the
government conscription of residents in their district. Earlier, Japanese
marauders captured Yi Ŭn, magistrate of Ulju, and carried him away. To
and Ŏn pursued them as far as Tsushima and finally rescued [their magis-
trate, Yi Ŭn, from the Japanese marauders]. Yi Chi, governor of Kyŏngsang
Province, reported [the feat of the two yamen clerks] to the king and
requested that he reward them, and the king granted the request.
- Chunghŭngsa is located in Mt. Pukhan in Seoul. The Ŏkchŏngsa mentioned here is
probably the one in Ch’ungju, North Ch’ungch’ŏng Province.
