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morning audience suspended. He also sent Yi Hwa, Count of Ŭian, to offer
a sacrifice in front of the coffin. Then the king posthumously promoted
Hŭisŏk to assistant chancellor and bestowed on him the title of Yangmu.
The king also ordered the government to provide a generous donation to
help the family pay for the funeral. He was survived by a son named Sang.Fire broke out in the entrance building (haengnang) of the Directorate for
Armaments.6th Day (Kyeyu)
Summoning Third Censor (pogwŏl) Pae Kyu,^30 a chief administrator in the
Office of the Censor-General, the king gave the following order: “Write
down and report the names of those who receive the stipend from the gov-
ernment without doing anything, those who are recruited for military ser-
vice along with the members of their households, and those who were
appointed to government posts without making any contributions.Chŏn Paegyŏng and others submitted a memorial to the king: “We, your
subjects, in spite of being foolish, were fortunate enough to live in a great
age and undeservedly entrusted with the responsibility of remonstrance.
Not daring to keep silent without doing anything, we submitted our humble
opinions yesterday, troubling your heavenly intelligence. Fortunately, you
paid attention to them and allowed us to resubmit them in detail, showing
your willingness to carry them out. This indicates that Your Majesty, ear-
nestly desiring to achieve good governance, shows the noble manner of fol-
lowing the advice of his ministers. We, your subjects, can hardly contain
our gratitude, so we decided to respectfully submit to you what we know,
for your review. If Your Majesty takes a look at it and implements it along
with other proposals, it will be fortunate for the future of Chosŏn.
“Emperor Shun of Yu^31 was a great sage in the world, and Danzhu, the son
of Emperor Yao, the most foolish man in the world. Yu [of Xia],^32 however,- He also served as inspector-general later.
- “Shun of Yu” is the title of Yu Shun or Great Shun. The “Yu” in “Shun of Yu” is the
name of the fiefdom that Shun received from Yao. - Yu the Great, founder of the Xia dynasty, was renowned for his introduction of flood
control.