Book I 131noksa), and 6 clerks (chŏlli). Those clerks have to leave their posts at the
Administrative Office when they reach rank 7. Regular civil servants will
receive a stipend. The rest will be treated as interns.
The Office for Institutional Investigation (kŏmsang choryesa) will be
staffed with 2 legal secretaries (kŏmsang) who also perform other duties
concurrently, and 3 record keepers (noksa) who concurrently work in the
Three Offices (Samgwan).^106
The Chancellery (Munhabu) will be run by grand councilors (chaesin)
who will be in charge of various state affairs. One of its departments, the
Office of Remonstrance (Nangsa), will be responsible for rebuking and rec-
tifying deviant behavior, for vetting official appointments, and for transmit-
ting the edicts and other royal messages to those below as well as conveying
messages from those below to the throne.
The Chancellery will be staffed with 1 chancellor (yŏngbusa), 1 left chan-
cellor (chwa sijung), and 1 right chancellor (u sijung). They will be rank 1a.
They will be assisted by 2 assistant chancellors (sirang ch’ansŏngsa), who
hold rank 1b. It will be further staffed with 4 assistant grand councilors
(ch’amch’an pusa), 1 administrative grand councilor (chi pusa), 1 Chancellery
scholar (chŏngdang munhak), and 2 assistant consultive councilors (sangŭi
pusa). This second group of grand councilors will hold rank 2a.
Below them will be junior councilors and officials: 1 left policy advisor
(chwa san’gi sangsi) and 1 right policy advisor (u san’gi sangsi), both of 3a
rank; 1 left grand master of remonstrance (chwa kanŭi taebu) and 1 right
grand master of remonstrance (u kanŭi taebu); and 1 auxiliary remonstrator
(chingmunha). This third group of officials holds rank 3b.
The remaining staff members will be: 1 drafter (naesa sain) who holds
rank 4a; 1 remonstrating censor (kigŏju), 1 left rectifier of omissions (chwa
pogwŏl) and 1 right rectifier of omissions (u pogwŏl) who hold senior rank
5a; 1 left reminder (chwa sŭbyu) and 1 right reminder (u sŭbyu) who hold
rank 6a; 1 recorder (chusŏ) and 1 auditor (tosa) who both will hold rank 7a;
and 6 administrative aides (yŏlli). The aides have to leave their posts at the
Chancellery when they reach rank 7. Regular civil servants will receive a
stipend. The rest will be treated as interns.
The State Finance Commission (Samsa) will be responsible for paying
officials’ stipends and other government spending. It will be staffed with 1
- Office of Royal Decrees (Yemun’gwan), National Academy (Sŏnggyungwan), and
Bureau of State Records (Ch’unch’ugwan).