406 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o
21st Day (Kich’uk)
Hwangbo Im, administrative commissioner of the Security Council, died.
He was a native of Yŏngju^4 and the son of An, magistrate of Chinju. In the
previous dynasty, he went out to battle a few times, following his father- in-
law, An U, assistant chancellor. Earlier, he served as subcolonel and rose up
through ranks to vice minister of works after serving at various posts. After
An U fell from power, Im resigned and spent several years without being
employed in the government. King Kongmin thought that Im was knowl-
edgeable in military affairs because he followed An U for years, so he
appointed him deputy director of the Court of the Royal Clan (Chongbusi)
and quickly promoted him to director (p’ansa). He joined Ch’oe Yŏng,
director of the State Finance Commission, in a military campaign and paci-
fied Cheju Island. During the reign of the usurper Sin U, he became min-
ister of justice and deputy director of the Security Council and served twice
as provincial military commissioner of Chŏlla Province. In the Mujin year
(1388), he went to Wihwa Island, following the king [then General Yi
Sŏnggye], and participated in the discussion of turning the army around to
march back home and became merit subject first class. Outside the royal
court, he served as supreme commander of Yanggwang, Kyŏngsang, and
Chŏlla Provinces and crushed the Japanese marauders at Namwŏn. Upon
returning from Namwŏn, he went out again to serve as provincial military
commander of the Northwest Region and magistrate of P’yŏngyang. After
ascending the throne, the king called him and appointed him administrative
commissioner of the Security Council. At this time, he died of illness, and
his age was sixty- two. The government assisted his funeral according to the
rules and rites. He had two sons, Chŏn and In.23rd Day (Sinmyo)
The Privy Council requested to have the districts of Kyŏnggi Province reor-
ganized into Left and Right Provinces separately, based on their population
and land area. The districts included in the Left Province were as follows:
Changdan, P’ap’yŏng, Hyŏnju, Sach’ŏn, P’oju, P’ungyang, Sŏwŏn, Haengju,
Simak, Hanyang, Puwŏn, Kwaju, Ch’ŏrwŏn, Yŏngp’yŏng, Sŭngnyŏng,- Yŏngch’ŏn in North Kyŏngsang Province.