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Meteorological Observatory, are the same as those made by Kang Ch’ŏnsu,
Yi Ch’ŏnu, and others.^33 The office responsible shall hold a ceremony and
have them rewarded.18th Day (Sinmyo)
The moon approached the Pleiades.The Privy Council held a banquet at Wangryun Monastery^34 for Hong
Yŏngt’ong, An Chongwŏn, and others, the directors of the Directorate for
the Construction and Repair of the Walls of the Capital (Kyŏngsŏng such’uk
togam).^3519th Day (Imjin)
The king inspected the walls under construction and paid a visit to the royal
garden.20th Day (Kyesa)
Chŏng Tojŏn, assistant chancellor, made the Pictures of Hunting Scenes in
the Four Seasons (sasi susudo) and presented it to the king.^3623rd Day (Pyŏngsin)
The government ordered Mun Chip, supervising administrator of Majŏn,
and O Samin, supervising administrator of T’osan,^37 beaten with a paddle
and exiled to border districts because they failed to provide workers to the
central government by the designated time.- They refer to the officials who became minor merit subjects about three weeks
e a r l i e r. - A Buddhist temple in Mt Songak in Kaesŏng and one of the ten major temples estab-
lished by T’aejo, the founder of Koryŏ. - It is an ad hoc office established solely for the purpose of constructing or repairing the
walls of the capital. - Though these pictures present seasonal hunting scenes, some scholars believe that
they were, in fact, intended to show the various tactical deployments of troops and military
arrangements to prepare for the expedition against Liaodong, China, in the future that Chŏng
Tojŏn was seriously deliberating at that time. - When the districts were very small, the government dispatched supervising adminis-
trator called kammu, instead of magistrates, to administer them.