Book II 20510th Day (Chŏnghae)
The king returned to the temporary palace.The king ordered the royal garden repaired.11th Day (Muja)
The king held the morning audience.The Office of the Inspector-General submitted a memorial to the king:
“Paek Ch’ŏnu, supervisor (kammu) of Ssangbu,^67 being illiterate, is inca-
pable of discharging his official duties. Upon discovering that, Surveillance
Commissioner Cho Pak drove him out. Hence, we make a request to have
Kim Chi, vice minister of the Board of Rites, fired for making an inappro-
priate recommendation, in order to prevent the same mistake from recur-
ring in the future.” The king granted the request.
12th Day (Kichíuk)
The moon intruded on the Pleiades.As censorial offices requested the king to hold a royal lecture every day, the
king said, “My beard and whiskers already became white; should I need to
attend a lecture, gathering Confucian scholars?” An Kyŏnggong, chief royal
secretary, replied, “The intention of the remonstrators is not just to make
Your Majesty read the classics; it is for you to keep men of integrity close so
that you can benefit from their good counsel.” The king said, “Even though
I do not attend royal lectures, I often invite Yu Kyŏng to my royal quarters
to present a lecture on the Extended Meaning of the Great Learning.14th Day (Sinmyo)
The Office of Censor-General submitted a memorial to the king: “The other
day we spoke about the importance of listening to remonstrances, and you
graciously recognized it. Even though we are deficient in insight and talent,
how dare we request you to listen to any ambiguous words?- A district that belonged to Suwŏn Prefecture in Kyŏnggi province. When a district was
very small, the government dispatched a supervisor called kammu to govern it.