196 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o
17th Day (Ŭlch’uk)
The king ordered Prince Chinan Pangu to sacrifice to the royal ancestors of
the four previous generations and install their spirit tablets in the shrine of
Hyosagwan^51 temporarily.18th Day (Pyŏngin)
The king ordered Hwang Hŭisŏk recalled to service despite the fact that he
was in mourning.19th Day (Chŏngmyo)
There was thunder.Kura Tadayoshi, governor of Chikushu Province of Japan, sent monks
named Kuranushi and Soujun and, returning our Korean captives whom he
detained, requested the establishment of diplomatic relations with Korea.21st Day (Kisa)
Passing through the North Gate, the king went out to inspect the Royal
Ancestral Shrine that was under construction.22nd Day (Kyŏngo)
Cho Pan, administrative commissioner of the Security Council, returned
from Nanjing. The king went out to greet him outside Sŏnŭimun Gate,^52
leading all the officials. Cho Pan delivered a letter from the Ministry of
Rites [of Ming China]:
“The Ministry of Rites writes to the Privy Council of Koryŏ. On the
twelfth of the ninth month, the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Hongwu’s
reign, Zhang Zhi, right vice minister (youshilang) of our ministry and
others visited Huagai Grand Hall^53 to submit your letter and received sacred- It refers to the shrine where the portrait of T’aejo, the founder king of Koryŏ, was
enshrined. It was built in the precinct of Pongŭn Monastery in Kaegyŏng during the reign of
King Kwangjong in 951. - The main gate of Kaegyŏng, the capital of Koryŏ.
- One of the grand halls in the imperial palace in Nanjing, where the officials received
imperial edicts.