528 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o
25th Day (Pyŏngsul)
The king visited West Mountain (Mt. Inwang)^30 and inspected the site where
the city walls were to be built.The water of a large well in Kaesŏng boiled up and turned red.26th Day (Chŏnghae)
The king sent Kwŏn Kŭn, academician of the Office of Royal Decrees and
State Records, to inform the Special Capital Magistracy of his decision
to move the royal ancestral tablets to the Royal Ancestral Shrine [in
Hanyang].An official from each government agency was sent to the [Kaesŏng] Special
Capital Magistracy to escort the four principal royal ancestral tablets.^3127th Day (Muja)
The king performed a purification regimen [i.e., fasting]^32 at the new royal
palace. Right Chancellor Kim Sahyŏng, libationer (hŏn’gwan) of the cere-
mony, also performed the purification and made a pledge, in front of his
aides at the Office of the State Finance Commission. The officials of other
departments did the same at their respective places. The censorial officials
such as Yi Sŭngsang, O Sŭng, An Sok, Chŏng Suhong, and Yun Su, who
failed to attend the ritual ceremony, were impeached by the Office of the
Inspector-General and dismissed from office.28th Day (Kich’uk)
Dressed in court attire, all officials went out to Pine Terrace Pavilion
(Pansongjŏng) to escort the ancestral tablets of the king. Placing the tablets
in the ivory carriage (sangno) and playing music in a procession, they- It refers to Mt. Inwang. At the beginning of Chosŏn, it was called West Mountain
(Sŏsan) but was renamed Inwang Mountain during the reign of King Sejong. Inwang is one of
the watchful- looking deva guardian kings. - The four principal royal ancestors are: Mokcho (Yi Ansa), Ikcho (Yi Haengni), Tojo
(Yi Ch’un), and Hwanjo (Yi Chach’un). - “Purification,” 齋, essentially means fasting or abstaining from meat, alcohol, and sex.