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The king let the Privy Council discuss the matter. The opinion of the
latter agreed with that of the Office of the Inspector-General. So the king
followed the advice.Though the Lord of Hŭngan, Yi Che^26 , whipped Kwŏn Sang, chief of the
West Regiment (Sŏbu) out of personal anger, no one in the Office of the
Inspector-General dared to speak out against him.8th Day (Sinmi)
It happened that Yi Kyo, the son of the Count of Ŭian [Yi Hwa]^27 insulted a
patrolling officer as he wandered about the capital at night during the lan-
tern festival, leading a group of mean people. The king had him imprisoned
and the chief of the group punished with one hundred strokes of the heavy
stick and the rest of the group beaten commensurately.9th Day (Imsin)
The king spoke to Right Chancellor Kim Sahyŏng: “Though Ch’oe Yugyŏng,
governor of Kyŏngsang Province, stood up to oppose us in the Mujin year
(1388),^28 what he did was only out of his loyalty to the king, and besides, he
is talented in carrying out the things he is assigned to.” Then the king
appointed Ch’oe as administrative director of the Security Council and, con -
currently, associate military commissioner as well as governor [of Kyŏngsang
Province], and Chin Ŭlsŏ as provincial military commander of the Northwest
Region and magistrate of P’yŏngyang.17th Day (Kyŏngjin)
The king bestowed 170 sŏk of rice and beans and 200 bolts of osŭngp’o
fabric upon Hoeam Monastery, and that was because Royal Preceptor
Chach’o held a Buddhist ceremony with the sermon on the Surangama
Sutra (Nŭngŏmgyŏng).^29- T’aejo’s son- in- law.
- T’aejo’s stepbrother.
- This is the year when T’aejo turned his army around at Wihwa Island to march back
home, disobeying the order of attacking Liaodong, China. - One of the Buddhist scriptures influential in the tradition of Chan Buddhism. The
word Surangama roughly means “indestructible.”