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[lining the inner courtyard] extends 25 kan along the north wall. A 3- kan
row of rooms is in the eastern corner [of the courtyard] and a 5- kan row of
two- story rooms is in the western corner. A 5- kan corridor extends to the
south [or is on the south side].On the eastern corner [of the servants’ quarters], there are 3- kan rooms in a
row, and on the western corner, 5- kan story rooms in a row, and 5- kan
rooms in a row along the corridor that extends to the south. The small bed
chamber on the east (tongsoch’im), which consists of 3 kan, and a row of
7- kan rooms in the corridor are connected to the south corridor of the main
royal bedroom (yŏnch’im). The 5- kan rooms along the corridor also lead to
the east side of the corridor of the main royal bedroom. The small bed
chamber on the west (sŏsoch’im), which consists of 3 kan, and a row of
7- kan rooms in the corridor leads to the south corridor of the main royal
bedroom. The 5- kan rooms along the corridor also lead to the west corridor
of the main royal chamber.
A council hall, Popy’ŏngch’ŏng (later renamed Sajŏngjŏn), which con-
sists of 5 kan, is located south of the king’s main residence. A 1- kan room is
attached on both the east and west sides of the main structure. The south
corridor is 7 kan long, and the east corridor extends 15 kan. The 5- kan
rooms of the south corridor reach the east corridor. The west corridor, 15
kan long, starts from the fifth kan of the south corridor and connects to the
west corridor. The rooms starting from the eastern corner of the servants’
quarters on the north side start from the king’s main residence and end at
the twenty- third kan in the eastern corner of the servants’ quarters on the
north side of the main audience hall.
The west servants’ quarters extend from the west tower and end at the
twentieth kan in the west corner of the servants’ quarters on the north side
of the main audience hall. The above buildings belong to the Inner Palace
(Naejŏn).
The 5- kan throne hall,^26 where the royal audiences are held, is located
south of Pop’yŏngch’ŏng. The building rests upon a double- tiered stone
platform (wŏldae) 50 ch’ŏk deep and 112.5 ch’ŏk wide. Each stone step on
the east, west, and north stairways is 15 ch’ŏk wide. The top of the stairsteps
is 4 ch’ŏk high, and the stone bridge [?] consists of five steps. The stairs in
the middle are 15 square ch’ŏk, and the stairs at the bottom are 4 ch’ŏk high,
and the stone bridge consists of five steps.- It indicates the main audience hall.