Book XV 887on them can be used as references for their employment in the future.” The
king said, “Fine.”8th Day (Kyŏngsul)
The king forgave the unpaid taxes and tributes for last year owed by various
provinces.The government prohibited people from slaughtering oxen and horses.9th Day (Sinhae)
Sitting in the Office of Royal Lectures, the king read the Analects for the
first time. The historiographer requested that he be allowed to attend the
royal lectures, but the king did not grant his request.The Privy Council ordered governors of each province to report the names
of the magistrates who made outstanding achievements during their service
over the past thirty years.After reading the reports made by each government agency, the king ordered
the Privy Council to submit the ones among those reports that were most
appropriate.12th Day (Kabin)
When General- in- Chief Yun Kon presented a set of weasel- lined robes, the
king bestowed one hundred bolts of osŭngp’o fabric upon him.14th Day (Pyŏngjin)
Sitting in the Office of Royal Lectures, the king listened to the lecture on
the Anaelects, which was about the remark of Confucius: “He who exercises
government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star,
which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.”^27 The king asked
Chŏn Paegyŏng, an official in charge of the lecture that day, “Why does the
solar eclipse take place?” Paegyŏng replied, “It is a response made by
- Book II. “Wei Chang” (Legge, p. 145).