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Great Northern splinter faction of the Easterners), but, was exiled for opposing the plan
to depose the grand dowager. He was finally recalled to office by the Westerners after
they deposed Kwanghaegun.
67· Yi Hyongsok, Imjin chiillansa 2:761,767,791-94,835-36,945-48,990,1032-39;
3: 1400; Elisonas. "Inseparahle Trinity," pp. 278-87.
- Elisonas. "Inseparable Trinity," pp. 288-90; Asao N aohiro, "The Sixteenth-Century
Unification," pp. 72-73; Yi Hyongsok, lmjin chlillansa 2:949.
- Yi Hyongsok, Imjin chOliansa 3: I 254.
- Ibid.
- Ibid. 3:1255, 1318-21.
- Ibid. 1:47; 3:1264,1304.
- Ibid. 1 :453-62; 3:1305. On the introduction of muskets, see 1:122, 3:1305-06.
Korean defenses suffered a major blow at the beginning of the war when some residents
of Seoul burned down the weapons bureau (Kun'gisi), destroying its cache of weapons.
This was part of a number of spontaneous risings against the regime by the population,
such as the destruction of the Ministry of Punishments with its slave records. and upris-
ings at the lmjin River. Kaesi'lng, and Pyongyang. Ibid. 1:464.
- PGSR 2 J :42a-44b. [4a-b; Yi Hyongsok, lmjin chOlIansa 3: J 357. For a discussion
ofCh'i's methods in fighting pirates in Che-chiang during the Chia-ch'ing era (r 522-66),
a list of the contents of the Chi-hsiao hsin-shu, and Yu Songnyong's recommendations,
see Han'guk kunjesa: Kunse Choslin hugip'ylin 2:3-10.
- For descriptions of the various types of cannon used, see Yi Hyongsok, lmjin
chOllansa 3: 1 306.
- Ibid. 2:700,766.
- Ibid. 2: 116 3.
- Ibid. J: J fi3. J fi6; 2:745. 765. For Yi Sugwang's support for the Military Training
Agency and the deficiencies of military training see ibid., pp. 1260-6 I.
- Ky6nggi Province was excluded after the Manchu invasion of 1636-37. KSDSJ
I :676. For studies of the founding of the Military Training Agency, sec Ch'a Munsop,
"Sonjojo ili Hullyi'ln-dogam [The military training agency of King Sonjo's reign], in idem,
Choslin siliae kllnje ylin 'gu IStudies of the military system of the Chos6n period] (Seoul:
Tan'guk taehakkyo ch'ulp'anhu, 1973), pp. 158-78, and Han 'guk kunjesa 2:13-19, writ-
ten by Yi Kyomju. On the founding of the agency, see also Man 'gi yoram, kunjongp'yon,
pp. 2 J 5-17,227; Yi Hyongsok, lmjin chi5l1ansa 2:745.
- Yi Hy6ngsok, lmjin chlfllansa 3: 1265. The source, unavailable to me, was Cho
Kyongnam's Nanjung chamnok [Miscellany on the Imjin War], kwlfn 2 (Seoul: Minjok
munhwa ch'ujinhoe, 1977).
8 I. The terms chujin (main garrison) and Ch6Ichcsa (main garrison commander), that
Yu Songnyong used. were different titles for the same kind of provincial garrison orga-
nization adopted in 1466. Han 'guk kunjesa I : II 4-17. For the late Kllry6 period see ibid.
1:103-10; for tlgurcs on types of troops in Sejong's reign, see I:123 for Ky6ngsang
Province. I: 129- 134 for the whole country, and the table on type of soldier and troop
strength on I: I 18: for discllssion of the Three-Wing reform of Sejo, see I: J 57-59; for
