[038 NOTES TO CHAPTER 3
the Westerner merit subjects. They were opposed by Yi Kwi and a younger group of West-
erners, known as the Young Westerners (Soso). connected with the later Ch'ongso or Pure
Westerner faction. According to 0 Such'ang, however, Yi Kwi and Kim Chajom were
not on the best terms with Yi So and Kim Yu, the original conspirators against Kwang-
haegun, because they did not join the plot until 1622. In other words, the members of
the supreme commander's forces and the rear capital guard were also divided among
themselves. 0 Such'ang, "Injodae chongch'i seryok iii tonghyang" [Trends in political
forces in King Injo's rcign], Han'guk saron 13 (August 1985):84-92: Kuksadaesajon
1 :354; Yi T'aejin, Choson hugi, pp. 113-14.
- Yi T'aejin, Han 'guk kunjesa (1977), pp. 90-94; idem, Choson hugi, pp. 114-16;
o Such'ang. "Injodae chongch'i seryok" (1985), p. 94. The agreement was signed on
1627.3.3 lunar, only two months after the invasion. The king agreed to cease using the
Ming year-period and to send a hostage to the Later Chin court. By the fifth lunar month
Manchu forces withdrew from the peninsula.
- He remained tsar even after he resigncd command of the Anti-Manchu Division
in 1634.
T 6. Kim Yu refused the request of Yi Sibaek, then head of the Defense Command
(Suosa), to replace (roops assigned to his unit from the distant Kyongsang and Kangwon
provinces with men living in Kyonggi Province, a decision that later returned (0 haunt
him. Yi Kiing'ik recounted the story that when Injo asked Yi Sibaek why his command
was in such bad condition, Yi replied that it was because the supreme commander, Kim
Yu, had refused his requests for troop reassignments. Kim Yu was so angered by the
remark that he had Yi Sibaek arrested on some other charge and bcaten bloody, shock-
ing everyonc around. Yi Kiing'ik, Yollyosil kislll, 27 Pyongja horan ch6ngch'uk Namhan
ch'ulsong (Keijo: Chosen kosho kankokai, I9I3) 5:120-21. cited in Yi T'aejin, Choson
hllgi, p. 121 n.37.
- Yi T'aejin, Han 'guk kllnjesa (1977), pp. 94-101; idem. Chason hugi, pp. 117-27.
- Yi Kiing'ik, Yollyosii kisul. 27,5:120-21. cited in Yi T'aejin, Chason hURi, p.
133 n.86.
- Yi Kiing'ik, Ylilh'osil kisul, 27,5:121-22.
- For the account of thcse events, see ibid., pp. 121-59: Yi T'aejin, Han'guk klln-
jesa (1977), pp. 102-8; idem, Choson hugi. pp. 127-36; for domestic politics at the time
of the invasion, see 0 Such'ang, "Injodae ehongch'i seryok" (1985), pp. 97ff.
- Yi Kiing'ik. Y611yosil kisul, 27, 5: 120.
- Kim Yongdok, "Sohy6n seja," pp. 442-44, 448; Yi Taejin, Han 'guk kunjesa (1977),
pp. 108-I I; idem. Chason hugi, pp. T 36-43.
- Yi Taejin, Choson hugi, pp. 143-45.
- The governor of Hwanghae Province, Kim Hong'uk, in a courageous memorial
delivered to King Hyojong in 1654, charged that Kim Chajom had conspired with Lady
Cho. Injo's favorite, to falsify the charges against Princess Kang, and that he had also
been responsible for the deaths of Prince Sohyon's two sons. Kim Yongdok "Sohyon seja
yon'gu," pp. 433-90, pp. 482-83 for the last item; Yi T'aejin. Han 'guk kunjesa (1977),
p. 114; idem, Clwson hugi, pp. 146-47; 0 Such'ang, "Injodae chongeh'i seryok," pp.
97-98; Yi Kung'ik, Yi'illy()sil kislll, 29, 5:266-81.
