Book V 389to Kanghwa Island; and Son Hŭngjong, minister of punishments, and Sim
Hyosaeng, assistant commander- in- chief, to Kŏje Island.^74An Ch’ŏsŏn, assistant navy commander of Kyŏngsang Province, captured a
ship of the [invading] Japanese. The king dispatched a royal messenger to
bestow wine and silk upon him.Ch’oe Yŏn, the Chinese imperial envoy, and his aides visited their parents
at their birthplaces.^7515th Day (Kapsin)
Yun Panggyŏng and others drowned Wang clan members at Kanghwa Ferry.The Privy Council submitted to the king the land ordinance prepared by the
Agency of Land Management Grants (Kŭpchŏnsa) of the Board of Taxation.
The king granted it as it was.
16th Day (Ŭlyu)
The king dispatched Yi Hŭich’ung,^76 assistant navy commissioner of
Kyŏnggi Province to Left Kyŏnggi Province and Ch’oe Chilsŏk^77 to Right
Kyŏnggi Province [as provincial navy commanders].
17th Day (Pyŏngsul)
Hail fell.The king dispatched Hwang Kunsŏ,^78 former military commander of
Ch’ungju, to Cheju Island to comfort the residents.
- Dispatching officials to various islands, the places of exile, implies the execution of the
Wang clan. - These Chinese envoys were originally Koreans.
- Yi Hŭich’ung (1344–1397): an official of late Koryŏ and early Chosŏn. He was the son
of Yi Yu, magistrate of Kaesŏng. Though he rose to the rank of second royal secretary in 1397,
he died at a relatively early age, 54. - He died suddenly, soon after his appointment.
- Hwang Kunsŏ (1328–1402): a military official of late Koryŏ and early Chosŏn. He was
the father of Hwang Hŭi, the famous chief state councilor during the reign of Sejong. When he