Book II 167construction of the royal palaces and the walls in Hanyang [Seoul] remains
incomplete. The weather is getting cold, and the people have no homes to
return to. So we would like to request that you move the nation’s capital
after building the palaces and walls and establishing government offices
and agencies in their respective places.” The king granted the request.The king had Yi Pu, former general, and Hŏ Hae, vice minister of the Court
of Royal Sacrifices, imprisoned in the Capital Constabulary Prison.The king had Prince Yŏngbok Wang Kyŏk exiled to Hwaryŏng Prefecture.^24th Day (Imo)
Mars approached the constellation of Alhena on the eastside.5th Day (Kyemi)
The moon concealed the Constellation of the Heart (Simsŏng).8th Day (Pyŏngsul)
As the king returned from his trip to the hot springs, the crown prince and
officials greeted him at Sŏnŭimun Gate.11th Day (Kich’uk)
The king held the morning audience, in which the emissaries from the
Ryukyu Kingdom^3 and Wuliangha^4 attended. The emissaries from the
Ryukyu Kingdom stood below the rank 5 of the Eastern File,^5 those from
Wuliangha below the rank 4 of the Western File,^6 and their attendants below
the officials of rank 6. The emissaries from the Ryukyu Kingdom presented
their local products.
- Hwaryŏng is an old name of Yŏnghŭng, a town in South Hamgyŏng Province where
Tojo and Hwanjo resided, and T’aejo was born. (Sinchŭng Tongguk Yŏjisŭngnam, VI. p. 169) - Presently Okinawa, in Japan, the Ryukyu was an independent kingdom until the 19th
cent u r y. - One of the aboriginal Jurchen tribes who lived in northern Hamgyŏng Province and
southern Manchuria. - A generic term referring to civil officials.
- A generic term referring to military officials.