920 Glossary of Terms
Kŭpsa 給事 secretary
Kuyodang 九曜堂 Hall to the Nine Luminaries
Kuyu 九游 Eridanus constellation
Kwajŏn 科田 rank land
Kwajŏnbŏp 科田法 Rank Land Law
Kwanapsa 管押使 embassy escort; tributary envoy escort
Kwanbu 館夫 guesthouse worker
Kwanch’al ch’ulch’ŏksa 觀察黜陟使 surveillance commissioner
Kwanch’asa 觀察使 provincial governor
Kwanghŭngch’ang 廣興倉 Prosperity Expansion Warehouse
Kwan’gyo 官敎 letter of appointment
Kwansŭp togam 慣習都監 Directorate of Ceremonial and Court Music
Kwanŭmgul 觀音窟 Kwanŭm Grotto
Kwaŭi changgun 果毅將軍 courageous daring general
Kwŏnji 權知 provisional; supernumerary
Kwŏnji kuksa 權知國事 provisional ruler
Kwŏnji kyogam 權知校勘 provisional first drafter of the Office of Diplomatic
Correspondence
Kwŏnnonggwan/ Kwŏnnong 勸農官 / 勸農 supervisor of agriculture
Kyegongnang 啓功郞 gentleman for guiding meritorious works
Kyejŏngsa 計程使 inspecting commissioner
Kyep’umsa 啓稟使 envoy to the Imperial Throne
Kyesugwan 界首官 major cities in the province; regional supervisor
Kyobang 敎坊 training school for entertaining girls
Kyoch’ŏp 敎牒 letter of appointment
Kyogam 校勘 proofreader of the Publications Office
Kyŏkku 擊毬 ball game on horseback similar to western polo
Kyŏl 結 a constant measure of crop yield produced by an area that varied from
2.2 acres to 9.0 acres depending on the fertility of the land (Palais, p. 1169)