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Book VII
Fourth Year of Reign (1395)
1st Month
1st Day (Pyŏngsin)
The king, with all officials behind him, performed the New Year ceremony
to honor the Ming emperor and received felicitations from the officials.
2nd Day (Chŏngyu)Yi Mu, tribute emissary, and Chŏng Namjin, envoy on a mission to celebrate
the birthday of the imperial crown prince, returned from Nanjing.
3rd Day (Musul)
Four Japanese, including one named Omote Shila, surrendered themselves
to the Korean authorities, and the government let them stay in Kyŏngsang
Province.
4th Day (Kihae)
The king sent Sŏng Sŏngnin, chief magistrate of Kaesŏng, to the Northeast
Region to offer sacrifices to various royal tombs.
Inspector-General Pak Kyŏng submitted a memorial requesting that the king
punish Chŏng Chi, clerk of the Board of Punishments. At first, Chi tried to
impeach Cho Ch’i, inspector of miscellaneous affairs, after a dispute over