1032 NOTES TO CHAPTER 2
and 30,000 men stationed at Kyoto to guard the capital. See also Asao Naohiro, "Six-
teenth-century Unification," p. 71; Elisonas, "Inseparable Trinity," p. 271.
- Yi Hycingsok. Imjin c/uillansa 1 :32, 36-37; Asao Naohiro, "Sixteenth-century Uni-
fication." pp. 53-57.72; Elisonas, "Inseparable Trinity," p. 272. For descriptions of Japan-
ese weapons used in the war. see Yi Hyongsok, Imjin chi)l/ansa 3: T 3 [ I -T 5.
- Yi Hyongs6k, Imjin ch6l1ansa I:31-36. Yu Songny6ng's essay on Japanese tactics
comes rrom his Siiae siil1saeng munjip, chapch6 [Miscellany j, Waeji yongby6ng [Japan-
ese method of using troops] 16:34a-b, in idem, Taedong munhwa yon 'guwon, ed., S6aejip
[Collected works ofYu Songnyong] (Seoul: Tongguk munhwasa, 1958):288, which cited
the testimony ofYi Sigyong, a Ch'albang (chief of a post-station), who followed his father,
Yi Yangwon, to the Yangju and P'oeh'6n areas during the invasion and studied the Japan-
ese order of battle.
- Elisonas, "Inseparable Trinity," pp. 273-76.
- For an account of the capture of the two princes, see Yi Hyongsok, Imjin chifllansa
2:807,824-26.
- Elisonas, "Inseparable Trinity," pp. 276-78; Yi Hy6ngs6k. Imjin chill/ansa
2:65 0 - 6 5. 674- 8 3, 843-5 8.
- Yi HyongsClk. Imjill chlillansa 1 :258-64 for the events surrounding Yi II. Yi reported
that Yi II was only able to muster a force of about 800 men, but the Sillok reported he
had a force of about 6,000. According to the Siinjo sujrlng sillok 26:3b, Sonjo 25.4 (r592)
(Kuksa p'yoneh'an wiwonhoe ed., Choson wangjo sillok [1957] 25:612). See also the
brief summary in Sonjo sillok 26: I a, and Yu Songny6ng. Chingbirok 1: 14a, Songgyun'g-
wan, Tong'a munhwa yon'guso ed., Siiaejip, pll Chingbirok (Seoul: 1959):498. Yu
Hyongw6n's account is not exactly the same as the Siliok. His version either paraphrases,
garbles, or leaves out a number of statements recorded in the Sillok. It is likely that he
did not have access to the Sillok and obtained his information from another source. See
Yu Hyongwon, PGSR 2 I: I 7a-b. ForCho Kiryong, see Yi Hyongsok, Imjin chiillansa 1:280.
See pp. 248-8y for description of fighting in I592, sixth lunar month.
- Yi Hyongsok. Imjin chiillansa I :258-64 for the events surrounding Yi II. For Cho
Kiryong, see p. 280. See pp. 248-89 for description of fighting in T 592. 6th lunar month.
- Hall'gllk kllnjesa: Kilnse Chos6n ch6n 'gip 'yon [The military history of Korea, early
modern period: Early Choson dynasty] (Seoul: Yukkun ponbu, 1968) 1:321-24.
55· Ibid., pp. 300 -3 0 1.
- This information comes from a statement presumably written by a Sillok historian.
sometime between 1641 and 1657, the dates when the revisedSonjo sillok was first begun
and completed. It is possible that he was one generation removed from the Hideyoshi
invasions, three from the 1555 incident. S(injo suj6ng sillok 25:I9b-20a, Sonjo 25.IO.kyesa
(1591): also cited in Han 'guk kunjesa I: 301 n.2 I 4. On the dates of the compilation of
the original Siinjo sillok and revised S6njo sujong sillok sec Kuksa p'yonch 'an wiwonhoe
ed., Chosiin 1I'l.lI1gjo sil/ok, 48 vols. and index (Seoul: 1957). vol. 25, p6mnve [explana-
tory notes I by the general editor, Sin Sokho, pp. 1-2, dated I957.
- Yi Hyongsok. IIl!jin ciuil/ansa 3:139L
- Ibid. T :443-44 (on tactics), 465-78, 497; 2:692, 707-12; 3: 138 9-Y5, [39^8 -99.
