Book XIV 789Japanese live in several districts after providing them with food and
clothing.26th Day (Imsin)
A comet came out of the Southern Dipper (Namdu) to enter the asterism
Winnower.^12The king gave orders to restore the official appointment of U Hyŏnbo and
return his confiscated property.^13 He also had the certificates of appoint-
ment returned to Hyŏnbo’s two sons, Hongbu and Honggang.
Chŏn Hŭigil went to the Northeast Region and mined gold with eighty sol-
diers under his command. After working for nine days, he excavated 4
maces (ton)^14 of gold and presented it to the king.
28th Day (Kapsul)
Kim Yuk, third royal secretary, presented a fine horse to the king, and the
king bestowed a saddled horse upon him.The king again gave orders to enforce strictly the prohibition of alcohol in
all provinces.29th Day (Ŭlhae)
Hyŏnbin, the consort of the crown prince, gave birth to a son.Intercalary 5th Month
1st Day (Pyŏngja)
Ordering the historiographers to submit the history drafts from the days of
his enthronement, the king asked Yi Munhwa, chief royal secretary, “What- According to the source text, the constellation here is Kaus Australis (Kisŏng), which
is a component star of Sagittarius. - U Hyŏnbo was once implicated in the conspiracy of Yun I and Yi Ch’o, who falsely
accused T’aejo in the Ming court of installing King Kongyang and conspiring together to
invade China for his political purposes. - A measure of weight; it is one tenth of 1 yang (Ch. liang) or tael.