Glossary of Terms 917
Kanŭi taebu 諫議大夫 grand master of remonstrance
Kapsa 甲士 armored soldiers
Karye togam 嘉禮都監 Directorate of Royal Weddings; Temporary Office of
Royal Wedding
Karyŏng 家令 household provisioner
Kasŏn taebu 嘉善大夫 grand master for supporting probity; grand master for
excellent goodness;
Ki 紀 fishnet rope
Kibok 起復 recall and restore (to previously occupied post)
Kigŏju 起居注 remonstrating censor
Kigwan 記官 recording secretary
Kiin 其人 rotating clerks from local districts responsible for wood and fuel
supplies to capital bureaus
Kiro 耆老 retired elder statesman
Kiroso 耆老所 Agency for the elder statesman; Bureau of Superannuation
Kisŏn kun’gwan 騎船軍官 maritime officer
Kisŏng 箕星 Sagittarius (Kaus Autralis)
Kobu 古賦 old- style rhyme prose
Kodori 古刀里 small arrows
Kogong chŏngnang 考功正郞 personnel evaluation section chief
Kogong chwarang 考功佐郞 assistant section chief for personnel evaluation
Kok 斛 38 liters (40 quarts; 1.25 bushels); 10 mal [in Yu Hyŏngwŏn’s units of
volume]
Kollyongp’o 袞龍袍 royal dragon robe
Kŏmgyo 檢校 acting; temporary; sinecure
Kŏmgyo munha sijung / kŏmgyo sijung 檢校門下侍中 / 檢校侍中 acting
chancellor
Kŏmgyo tae haksa 檢校大學士 acting grand academician
Kŏmnyŏl 檢閱 editorial examiner; third diarist of the Office of Royal Decrees