General Introduction (Ch’ongsŏ) 9located in Yangyang, Kangwŏn Province. At that time, Ikcho often traveled
to Anbyŏn as well as Hwaju and Hamju.^38
In the tenth month of the fourth year (1300) of Dade, Emperor Chengzong
[of Yuan] appointed Ikcho gentleman for managing affairs (sŭngsarang)^39
and by royal decree assigned him to the post of Mongol overseer with
responsibility for the soldiers and civilians of the Koryŏ garrison in
Ssangsŏng and other areas.
On the tenth of the ninth month of a certain year, Ikcho passed away. He
was buried in Puktong of Pongnyong Post Station in the district of Sŏgok of
Anbyŏn Prefecture.^40 This tomb was named Chirŭng.
Tojo’s personal name is Ch’un, and his childhood name Sŏllae. His
Mongol name is Boyantiemuer. By royal decree, he inherited his father’s
office upon his death.
His consort was Lady Pak, honorifically referred to as Consort Kyŏng.
She was the daughter of Pak Kwang, company commander of Aldong and
posthumously chancellor (munha sijung). He had two sons from her. The
first is Chahŭng whose Mongol name is Tasibuhua, and the second Hwanjo,
who is the direct ancestor of our royal family. After Lady Pak passed away,
Tojo moved to Hwaju and was remarried to Lady Cho, who was the daughter
of the area commander-in-chief (ch’onggwan) of Ssangsŏng Commandery
(Ssangsŏng ch’onggwanbu). He had two sons and three daughters from her,
and his first son was Wanzhebuhua, and the second son Nahai.^41
The fields of Hamju were flat, wide and fertile, so many people naturally
migrated south from Aldong to the region. Ikcho relocated people from
Aldong to various places in the Hamju area, including Kwiju, Ch’ogodae,
Wanggŏsan, Unch’ŏn, Songdu, Toryŏnp’o, and Ajŏngnangi. Therefore, Hamju
was known as the land of the Aldong Irŏn (in Jurchen they call people irŏn).
Around this time, Tojo controlled all the territory north of Anbyŏn.
Nevertheless, he decided to relocate to Hamju because he wanted to be
closer to the people who had moved southward. Moreover, raising livestock
there was easy.
- Hwaju is an old name for Yŏnghŭng; Hamju is an old name for Hamhŭng in South
Hamgyŏng Province. - Sŭngsarang or gentleman for managing affairs was a prestige title for officials (7a) in
Yuan. (Hucker, 128) - Located in South Hamgyŏng Province, its name was changed to Tŭngju in early
Koryŏ. Sŏgok is located 35 li west of Anbyŏn. - Wanzhebuhua and Nahai are both Mongol names.