The Annals of King T\'aejo. Founder of Korea\'s Choson Dynasty - Byonghyon Choi

Glossary of Terms 905

Ch’ŏlso 鐵所 smithy

Ch’ŏlt’anja 鐵彈子 grenade

Chŏltosa 節度使 provincial (army or navy) military commander

Ch’ŏm chŏlchesa 僉節制使 assistant military commissioner; assistant

commander- in- chief; assistant provincial commander; garrison commander

Ch’ŏm Cungch’uwŏn sa 簽中樞院事 assistant director of the Security
Council

Ch’ŏmji Sŭngmŭnwŏn sa 僉知承文院事 assistant director of the Office of
Diplomatic Correspondence

Ch’ŏmsŏ / Ch’ŏmsŏ Chungch’uwŏn sa 僉書 / 簽書中樞院事 senior secretary
of the Security Council

Ch’ŏmsŏ milchik 僉書密直 senior secretary of the Security Council

Ch’ŏmŭibu 僉議府 Chancellery; Council of State

Chŏnaksŏ 典樂署 Music Bureau

Chŏnbŏp Ch’ongnang 典法摠郞 vice minister of justice

Chŏnbŏp p’ansŏ 典法判書 minister of justice

Chonbŏpsa 典法司 Ministry of Justice; Office of Legal Administration;
Office for Laws

Chŏnbu 典簿 librarian of the National Academy

Ch’ŏnch’ujŏl 千秋節 birthday of the imperial crown prince

Ch’ŏnch’usa 千秋使 envoy on mission to celebrate the birthday of the impe-
rial crown prince

Chŏng 正 supervisor of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory;
lieutenant (rank 9b)

Chŏng yun 正尹 baron; count

Chŏn’gaeksi 典客寺 Office of Receptions

Chŏngaegnyŏng 典客令 manager of receptions

Ch’ŏn’gam 天監 “Song of the Heavenly Mandate”

Chŏngan Law 政案法 the law that requires the government to keep the per-
sonal records of officials