1016 Index
Prisons. See Andong Prison; Bureau of Prisons;
Capital Constabulary Prison; Street Jailhouse
Privy Council, 121, 130, 141, 144, 146, 150, 234;
with military system, 175; naming of, 189–190;
memorials from, 208–210, 284, 346–347, 376–
377, 383, 398–399, 402–403, 409, 416, 417, 437,
447–448, 511–512, 637–640, 704–705, 842, 895–
896; political duties of, 270–271, 305, 317, 320,
322, 327, 341, 366, 434–435, 512; on Wang clan,
386–389; royal decrees for, 407–408; reports
for, 440–441; on taxes, 441–442; requests from,
464, 497; orders for, 513–514; proposals for,
514–515; with review of officials, 547; with
conspiracy of crown princes, 839, 840, 841,
842, 843, 844
Prohibitions: with memorials, 324; alcohol, 336,
337, 408, 477–478, 493–494, 506, 576, 604, 661,
766, 775, 880; on falcon hunting, 457, 504, 604;
with attire, 460, 589; colors, 460, 463, 589, 819;
jade, 460; on raising white animals, 460, 463;
on raising falcons, 542; of hawk trading, 544;
with ancestral rites, 559; on honey and oil con-
sumption, 564; with horses, 673, 887; on
Buddhism, 882
Prose, old-style rhyme, 120
Prosperity Expansion Warehouse, 140, 236
Prostitutes, 564, 592
Provinces, 612; major cities of, 325; merging of,
503, 614. See also specific provinces
Provisions Office, 141
Publications Office, 137, 141
Public Dispensary, 700
Public officials, hiring laws for, 145, 226–228
Public opinion: remonstrance as root of, 203;
importance of, 204
Public service: examinations, 145; requirements
for, 145–146
Public works, 670–671, 698; waterways, 299,
711–712; soldiers and, 733, 825; suspension of,
795, 797, 799–801; recruitment for, 802. See
also Capital cities; Fortresses; Walls
Pu Kae, 788, 810
Pulno, 881
P’unghae Province, 632–633
P’ungju, 397
Punishment (star), 700
Punishments: executions, 11, 71–72, 237, 238, 552,
687, 718, 791, 831, 878; military, 46, 640, 690,
826; beatings, 57, 92, 99, 129, 160, 161, 163, 209,
229, 238, 241, 251, 256, 264, 285, 301, 302, 318,
328, 333–334, 342, 343, 387, 478, 486, 514, 556,
570, 571, 604, 607, 637, 682, 684, 690, 691, 704–
705, 737, 743, 755, 760, 785, 804, 805, 821, 827,
884; exile as, 70, 87, 94, 124–125, 127, 128,144–145, 157, 159, 160, 192, 193, 279–280, 364,
379, 386, 449, 504, 579, 607, 640, 641, 684, 700,
712, 760, 820–821, 858; crime and, 80–81, 182,
209, 749, 769–771; beheadings, 99, 278, 317,
318, 319, 334, 349, 350, 359, 379, 394, 414, 463,
471, 478, 489, 500, 504, 512, 523, 541, 576, 680,
702, 703, 710, 719, 736, 793, 814, 821, 844, 846,
858, 873, 884; rewards and, 111; floggings, 125,
127, 163, 260, 301; death penalty, 129, 182, 253,
353, 478, 767, 799; with cloth as penalty pay-
ment, 249, 251; posthumous, 308; strangulation,
317, 334, 390, 440, 559, 576, 607, 720, 736, 801;
hangings, 319, 394, 552; drowning, 389, 390;
dismemberment, 559; whipping, 586, 821, 826;
payment of funeral expenses, 637; military ser-
vice as, 810, 854–855, 878. See also Board of
Punishments
Pup’yŏng, 325
Purple Forbidden Enclosure, 248, 779, 788
Puso (Kaesŏng), 428, 431, 432
Pyŏn Annyŏl, 37, 40, 46, 64, 69, 80; execution of,
237, 238; as merit subject, 288
Pyŏn Chungnyang, 92–93, 448, 449, 467, 736;
memorial from, 790–791; political duties of,
821, 831, 838; with conspiracy of crown
princes, 831, 832, 838, 840, 843, 844
P’yŏngwŏn (Prince), 413
P’yŏngyang, 3, 27, 58, 62, 78, 81, 143, 150, 155,
174, 217, 236, 251, 287, 319, 345, 361, 373, 406,
430, 431, 432, 484, 486, 543, 554, 641, 647–648,
680, 686, 691, 731, 737, 755, 758, 819, 857
Pyŏnhan, 651–652
Pyŏn Hon, 405, 414, 415, 553
Pyŏn Kyeryang, 467
Pyŏn Namyong, 553
Pyŏn Ong, 504
Pyŏn Ongnan, 466–467
Pyŏn U, 760
P’yo Si. See Asiro
Qi (Prince), 354, 741
Qin dynasty, 429, 432, 623
Qing, 451
Qin Shi Huang, 175
Queen Dowager (Kongmin’s mother), 75
Queen Dowager (Lady An), 101–102, 108,
165
Queens, 139. See also specific queens
Rain: prayers for, 394, 516, 577, 768, 769, 774,
776; red, 794, 817
Rainbows, 40, 74, 319, 435, 445, 446, 450
Rakaon (Im On), 635, 637, 659, 660, 669, 672,
691, 746