Book X 61317th Day (Sinchíuk)
O Chunghwa, assistant grand councilor- without- portfolio of the Chancellery,
died. Chunghwa was a native of Tongbok in Naju. He was the son of Sŏn,
Lord of Kusŏng. In the previous dynasty, he rose to the rank of commis-
sioner of the Security Council. When T’aejo visited Kaesŏng during the
reign of King Kongmin, Sŏn saw T’aejo for the first time, and he was so
impressed by him that he asked him to take care of his son [Chunghwa]. He
said, “I am already too old and have not many days left. I would like to ask
you to look after my son in the days ahead.”
When the king was out of public view and living at his private resi-
dence [before he ascended the throne], he treated Chunghwa generously,
and after he ascended the throne, he made him left director of the State
Finance Commission. However, Chunghwa was by nature careless in his
conduct and prone to lie and made innocent people look suspicious.
Consequently, he failed to be employed at the high level of the hierarchy.
He built a new house and had an ox tied to a column even before the
earthen walls of the house were dried. When the ox was surprised and ran
amuck, the column of the house was pulled out and Chunghwa, who
unwittingly stayed inside, was crushed to death. He was survived by his
two sons, Sŭng and Che.
18th Day (Imin)
The government had Palace Censor Kwak Kyŏngŭi transport twenty- five
Chinese soldiers, including Lou Jindao, to Liaodong, China, and deliver
them to Chinese authorities.The king ordered the Court of Royal Sacrifices to grant a posthumous title
to Ch’oe Yŏng, who served as chancellor in the previous dynasty.The leaders of the Woduli tribe, including Suoyima and Yuezhe, arrived
and presented their local products, so the king bestowed them with twenty
bolts of ramie, hemp cloth, and cotton fabric.22nd Day (Pyŏngo)
There was thunder.