Book IX 579and gave orders to the Board of Punishments as follows: “A man such as
Chŏn, being crazy from the beginning, does not deserve any favor, but his
father was a respectable man and used to be one of my associates. If I have
his son beheaded, what would the ghost of Talch’ung say to me? Forgive his
crime.” Then he had him exiled to Haenam District^30 for hard labor (tohyŏng)
after confiscating all his property. Chŏn died at the place of his exile while
serving his penal sentence.29th Day (Pyŏngjin)
The king had eight hundred Buddhist monks gather at the Hall of Diligent
Government to recite the Diamond Sutra (Kŭmganggyŏng).5th Month
1st Day (Chŏngsa)
While the king seated in the Hall of Diligent Government, Cho Chun and
Chŏng Tojŏn supervised the civil service examination and selected thirty-
three successful candidates, including Cho Yuin.^31 They chose Kim Ikchŏng^32
as the first- place finisher.
The king invested Yi Paekkyŏng [his son- in- law] with the title of Lord
Sangdang.
4th Day (Kyŏngsin)
There was rain.The censorial offices requested that the king order the royal guard to tighten
its security, reinforcing patrols. If any fail in their guard duties, they should
be punished according to the law, without leniency. The king followed the
advice.- Located in South Chŏlla Province.
- Little is known about him except that he served later as minister of personnel.
- Kim Ikchŏng (?–1436): an official of early Chosŏn. He served as governor of three
southern provinces, successively, and became inspector-general. Then he served as vice min-
ister of personnel, of rites, and of punishments.