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when startled. The king mourned his death and, by sending an official,
ordered the office responsible to take care of his funeral in accordance with
the rites. He also bestowed him with a posthumous title of Anmin. The
deceased had no son.The king bestowed 300 kok of rice and beans upon Hoeam Monastery.12th Day (Imin)
It was foggy. The moon concealed the Pleiades.13th Day (Kyemyo)
The trees were covered with hoar frost.Yi Hwa, Prince Ŭian, asked Prince Chŏngan to go hunting in Sŏgyo. During
the hunt, Prince Chŏngan ran into an angry leopard, which cornered him.
Vice Commandant Song Kŏsin charged his horse toward the beast, which
then stopped going after Prince Chŏngan and instead jumped on Kŏsin,
biting his horse’s saddle. Kŏsin avoided the leopard’s attack by lying on his
horse’s back. After the leopard came off his horse, Vice Commandant Kim
Tŏksaeng, who pursued Kŏsin at full speed, shot an arrow at the animal and
killed it immediately. Prince Chŏngan awarded each of these two comman-
dants with a horse, and King T’aejo also bestowed a horse on Kŏsin as well
as on Yi Hwa and Min Che.14th Day (Kapchin)
Cho Chun, left chancellor, Kim Sahyŏng, right chancellor, Kwŏn Chunghwa,
assistant grand councilor of the Chancellery, and Chŏng Tojŏn, director of
the State Finance Commission, as well as old, retired officials, were all pro-
vided with sedan chairs made of bamboo, and that was to prevent accidents
such as that of Hong Yŏngt’ong, who had died after falling off his horse.There was fog, which continued for two more days.17th Day (Chŏngmi)
After thunder sounded and springs bubbled up like boiling water despite it
being winter, the king held a Diamond Sutra prayer meeting in the Inner