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Pak Sugyŏng, 40, 66
Pak Tŏngnyong, 336
Pak Tonji, 727
Pak Tuŏn, 884
Pak Ŭijung, 60
Pak Wi, 70, 78, 254, 271, 283, 339, 340, 342, 361,
366, 374, 379, 380; reinstatement of, 341–342,
373; conspiracy and, 375, 832, 838, 839–840;
dismissal of, 382, 441; political duties of, 440,
731, 743; legacy of, 852
Pak Wŏn, 259, 358
Pak Wŏnjŏng, 684
Pak Yong, 303
Pak Yŏngch’ung, 190, 245, 264, 287, 304, 317,
401, 426
Pak Yŏngmun, 819, 823
Pak Yongsu, 701
Pak Yuson, 735
Palace. See Directorate for Palace Maintenance;
Directorate of Palace Attendants; Kyŏngbok
Palace; Royal palace; Such’anggung Palace
Management Office; Supreme Palace
Constellation; specific palaces
Palace Guards, 12, 123, 183, 472–473
Palace Medical Office, 138–139, 747
Palace Treasury, 137, 179, 207
Pan Cheng, 20, 22
Pang Kunjŏng, 520
Pang’ol, 93
Pangyŏn, 313
Panya, 74
P’ap’yŏng, 79
Pardons. See Prisoners
Passing by Western Capital (P’yŏngyang),
647– 648
Passing through Liaodong, 648–649
Pavilions, 275, 285, 437, 528, 653–655
Peerage, 470–471
People: honors for virtuous, 121; virtuous, 121,
208, 422, 568, 794; government assistance for,
121–122; Office of Benefitting the People, 141,
472; welfare of, 148, 204, 544, 669; respect for,
206, 418; consulting with common, 289, 422,
548–549
Personal Records Law, 557
Phenomena. See Natural phenomena
Pictures of Hunting Scenes, 302, 484, 624, 683, 848
Piety. See Filial piety
Pine Hut Dweller, 742. See also T’aejo
Ping (King), 429, 845
Pirate ships. See Ships
Placentas, 213
Platinum, 743
Pledges, 185–186
Pleiades, 173, 205, 216, 302, 324, 330, 540
Poems, 45–47, 51, 280, 291–292, 451, 483, 535,
643, 645–655, 665, 752, 772–774, 849
Pohŏ, 177
Pok, 8
Pokkŭn (Prince Chinan), 313, 332, 472, 857, 862,
874, 875; crown prince conspiracy and, 869
Pok Tae, 767
Poktong, 315
Polaris, 859
Pŏmmyŏng (Honmyo) (monk), 397, 413, 706
Pongmyŏng, 53
Pong Wŏllyang, 835, 855
Posthumous titles. See Titles
Post stations, 122
Po Toupan, 20
Power, 46, 56, 57, 71, 73–74, 75, 76, 107, 353, 381,
545–547; of eunuchs, 114, 307, 491, 641, 679,
682, 769; of capital city, 427, 428, 454; mili-
tary, 448
Prayers: to guardian deities, 266, 691; for rain,
394, 516, 577, 768, 769, 774, 776; for spirits of
mountains, 403, 455–456; for spirits of rivers,
403, 455–456; for spirits of seas, 403; Buddhist,
416, 510, 540–541, 593, 594, 704, 788; for site
of new capital city, 454–456; for health, 593,
594; eclipse, 673; for prevention of war, 704;
Avatamska Samadhi, 731; for Sindŏk, 827; for
eliminating disasters, 249, 518. See also Rites
Precincts, 577–578
Precious Secret Scroll (Suborok), 289, 290–291,
321, 848
Prefectures, 634, 739–741. See also specific pre-
fectures
Prescriptions of Folk Medicine Beneficial to the
People, 242
Prestige titles, 470–471
Prices, of horses and slaves, 816
Priests, 114–115, 116
Princes: titles for, 147; land for, 184; pledge of,
185–186; banquets for, 325; conspiracy of
crown, 831–846, 869–870, 876–878. See also
specific princes
Princesses, 65, 446, 572, 731, 881
Prisoners, 676; pardons for, 129, 161, 235, 240,
241, 251, 261, 334, 339, 427, 440, 443, 445, 477,
483, 495, 548, 612, 700, 786, 788, 789, 821, 858;
welfare of, 230, 243, 259, 261, 442; in Capital
Constabulary Prison, 250–251, 278–279, 299,
339, 340, 374, 395, 448, 560, 570, 580, 588, 608,
637, 661, 681, 713, 728, 785, 819, 854; in Hansŏng
Magistracy jail, 301; release of, 317, 318–319,
394, 503, 510, 576, 612, 683, 714, 736, 759;
slaves as, 586, 589