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after drinking soju.^93 The morning audience was suspended for three days
to mourn his death, and he was granted a posthumous title, Reverence and
Filial Piety (Kyŏnghyo). He is survived by a son named Pokgŭn.14th Day (Ŭlyu)
All officials offered their condolences [to the king and his royal family].15th Day (Pyŏngsul)
All officials bid their final farewell to the funeral carriage of Prince Chinan
outside the palace gate.The Chinese envoys visited their birthplaces to see their parents and
r e l a t i v e s.16th Day (Chŏnghae)
The king bestowed cotton robes upon over ten representatives of the
Wulangha tribe.18th Day (Kich’uk)
The king returned to Kyŏngch’ŏn Monastery.The Agency of Land Management Grants (Kŭpchŏnsa) of the Board of
Taxation submitted a memorial to the king: “The remaining land in Kyŏnggi
Province should be granted to those among the officials who received rank
lands (kwajŏn) in an amount less than they were entitled to or those who
were newly appointed and therefore have received no land yet. However, the
descendants of local functionaries who failed to get the certificates that
authorize the exemption from their hereditary status or the children ofvitality of those sports depends upon the harmony or combination of various elements: yin and
yang (umbral and bright) and wuxing (five phases or elements). According to the traditional
Chinese cosmology, water and wind belong to yang, and earth to yin. The author of the book
connected the movement of those elements or energy with the life cycle of a man or a kingdom,
dividing good and bad fortunes into twelve categories. His theory had great influence over the
people of Korea at the beginning of the Chosŏn dynasty in the selection of the site for their new
capital.- A distilled beverage native to Korea.