Book V 337
“In addition, according to the deposition made by Chiliarch Kim Wan’gwi
in our custody, the company commander of the Jurchen army, named Kim
Kwangŭi, contended that the whole thing was the conspiracy of Imgaryongŭi,
administrator of Kŭmsŏng, and Magistrate Yŏgyunp’iryŏk and others, and
therefore he had nothing to do with what happened and those who were
involved in the incident were now residing in P’ildun and Kuja.^4
“Left Commissioner Yang Wen and other officials of our Chief Military
Commission of the Left Army took the depositions of the interrogated indi-
viduals to Fengtianmen Gate and submitted them to the emperor. The
instructions we received from the emperor were as follows: ‘Your Chief
Military Commission should make an official document regarding this inci-
dent and send it to Korea so that Yi [T’aejo] may know about it. Let them
know that their disguising themselves as Japanese marauders indicates that
they want to cause more trouble. Tell them to send us the officials who tried
to lure Jurchens.’ Thus was the imperial instruction.
The king had the Training Agency of the Middle Army (Chunggun Kunhuso)
abolished and Merged into the Military Training Agency (Hullyŏn’gwan).
13th Day (Kyech’uk)
The Office of the Inspector-General was harsh in its crackdown on alcohol
prohibition, so the king summoned Kim Kudŏk,^5 inspector of miscellaneous
affairs, and gave an instruction: “One who is sick can take wine as medi-
cine. Is it right, then, to punish him for violating the law? The purpose of
alcohol prohibition is mainly to prevent the people from having parties and
excessively indulging in drinking.”
14th Day (Kabin)
Trees were covered with frost. The king paid a visit to Such’ang Palace and
inspected the royal bedchamber, which was under construction.
- P’ildun and Kuja appear to be small military towns established in the Yalu River areas.
However, the names of individuals residing in them are confusing if not complicated. There
is a good possibility that these names are fictitious or fabricated because they are not
Korean names.
- Kim Kudŏk (?–1428): an official of early Chosŏn. He also served as magistrate of
Hanyang, governor of Kangwŏn Province, and director of the Royal House Administration.
