Book VII 489[rank 2b] and above rank 6 and capable of taking charge of both civil and
military affairs concurrently.Private slaves named Ch’oe Mun, O Ch’ŏnsu, and others who forged docu-
ments written in the king’s name were all beheaded and their bodies pub-
licly displayed.Yi Yŏm, grand academician of the Office of Royal Decrees and State
Records was dismissed because the Office of the Inspector General impeached
him for entering the royal palace riding a horse.
22nd (Ŭlyu)
The king watched the archery at Pine Terrace Pavilion [Pansongjŏng]^31 and
moved to Yongsan to see the horse farm. This evening, hail fell with loud
thunder.
The king sent Yang Ch’ŏmsik, minister of works [to Ming China] to present
five hundred tribute horses, and he returned from Liaodong after delivering
the horses.
23rd Day (Pyŏngsul)
Hail fell with loud thunder and lightning.The king went out to the Han River and visited the falcon farm.24th Day (Chŏnghae)
The king ordered Chŏng Tojŏn, deputy chief director of the State Finance
Commission, to compose a royal decree, and it read as follows:
“Despite the fact that it is now a month full of positive yang energy, it is
unusually cold and dreary, and I am very worried about this natural disaster.
Whatever a man does turns out to be either good or bad, and Heaven rewards
him accordingly. Therefore, the sage kings in olden days always searched
for the cause in human affairs whenever they had natural disasters. So they- It refers to a pavilion with an ancient pine tree whose branches spread like a table,
which was known to have located in the north of Mohwagwan, a state guesthouse for visiting
Chinese envoys which was outside Tŏnŭi Gate (commonly called West Gate) in Seoul.