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chief director (yŏngsa) who holds rank 1a; 1 director (p’ansa) who holds
rank 1b; 1 left director (chwa pogya) and 1 right director (u pogya) who hold
rank 2a; 1 left aide (chwa sŭng) and 1 right aide (u sŭng) who hold rank 3b;
1 left advisor (chwa chaŭi) and 1 right advisor (u chaŭi) who hold rank 4a;
1 left scribe (chwa changsa) and 1 right scribe (u changsa) who hold rank
5a; 2 auditors (tosa) who hold rank 7a; and 6 administrative aides (yŏlli).
Those clerks have to leave their posts at the State Finance Commission
when they reach rank 7. Regular civil servants will receive a stipend. The
rest will be treated as interns.
The Office of Royal Decrees and State Records (Yemun ch’unch’ugwan)
will be responsible for discussing and composing the royal decrees issued in
the name of the king and compiling the official records of the state. It will
be headed by 1 director (kamgwansa) who will concurrently serve as a
chief minister, at the least. The other members of the office will be: 2 grand
academicians (t’aehaksa) who hold rank 2a; 2 administrative directors (chi
kwansa) who will concurrently serve as chahŏn taebu, grand master for
assisting illustrious government, or above [rank 2a]; 2 academicians (haksa)
who hold rank 2b; 2 associate administrative directors who concurrently
will fill the post of kasŏn taebu, grand master for supporting probity (rank
2b); 2 primary editors (ch’ung p’yŏnsugwan) and 2 supportive editors (kyŏm
p’yŏnsugwan) who are above rank 4; 1 document drafter (ŭnggyo) who is
concurrently assigned to another post of rank 5; 2 diarists (kongbonggwan)
who hold rank 7a; 2 copyists (such’an’gwan) who hold rank 8a; 4 auxiliaries
(chikkwan) who hold rank 9a; and 4 clerks (sŏri). The clerks are required to
retire at rank 8.
The Security Council (Chungch’uwŏn) will be responsible for official
communications, confidential information regarding military matters, safe-
guarding the palace, the appointment of military officials, and so forth. It
will be staffed with 1 commissioner (p’ansa) who holds rank 2a; 1 deputy
commissioner (sa), 2 administrative commissioners (chisa), 4 associate
commissioners (tong chisa), 1 senior secretary (ch’ŏmsŏ), 6 assistant direc-
tors (pusa), 1 academician, and 3 discussants (sangŭiwŏn sa) who all hold
rank 2b; 1 chief royal secretary (tosŭng ji), 1 second royal secretary (chwa
sŭngji), 1 third royal secretary (u sŭngji), 1 fourth royal secretary (chwa pu
sŭngji), and 1 fifth royal secretary (u pu sŭngji) who hold rank 3a; 2 chief
clerks (tanghugwan) who hold rank 7a; and 6 administrative clerks. Those
administrative clerks have to leave their posts at the Security Council when
they reach rank 7. Regular civil servants will receive a stipend. The rest will
be treated as interns.