198 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o
“U already sowed a seed of trouble by ordering an attack against Liaodong,
and Yo [King Kongyang] also conspired to invade China. They failed in
their attempts as the pressure from Your Highness mounted and the support
from their people eroded. How can I then be credited for what happened?
Further, how could I ever imagine that you would understand the situation
here so clearly and immediately send your noble instructions through our
envoy after hearing his report? Engraving them on my heart, I will never
forget them. The debt of gratitude I owe you is too great to be repaid in my
lifetime. Though sitting deep in your imperial palace, you see the world
thousands of miles away and thereby embrace barbaric lands, as the Book of
Changes teaches; you also put what is said in the Book of Rites into practice
by making the people in distant lands comfortable and thus allowing an
unworthy person such as myself to rule over the enfeoffed territory. So I
pledge to be loyal to you forever, sending tributes along with the messages
of gratitude and felicitation.”28th Day (Pyŏngja)
His Majesty [then Prince Chŏngan] presented the king with the drawings of
mountains, which showed various ancestral tombs of the royal family as
follows: Chŏngnŭng, Hwarŭng, Ŭirŭng, and Sullŭng in Hamju [Hamhŭng];
Chirŭng in Anbyŏn; Sungnŭng in Munju [Munch’ŏn]; and Tŏngnŭng and
Allŭng in Kongju [Kyŏngwŏn].^54 The government assigned two grave
keepers and several households to each of these royal tombs and built the
shrines for them as well.11th Month
1st Day (Muin)
The king held the morning audience and afterwards held a banquet in honor
of Cho Pan.- Chŏngnŭng is the tomb of Hwanjo, the father of King T’aejo; Hwarŭng, the tomb of
Hwanjo’s wife, Consort Ŭi; Ŭirŭng, the tomb of Tojo, the grandfather of King T’aejo; Sullŭng,
the tomb of Tojo’s wife, Consort Kyŏng; Chirŭng, the tomb of Ikcho, great-grandfather of King
T’aejo; Sullnŭng, the tomb of Ikcho’s wife, Consort Chŏng; Tŏngnŭng, the tomb of Mokcho,
the great-great-grandfather of King T’aejo; Allŭng, the tomb of Mokcho’s wife, Consort Hyo.