Book XI 6 4118th Day (Sinch’uk)
The king ordered that Ch’oe Unhae be exiled to Chinmyŏngp’o^13 in Anbyŏn.
He also ordered that Kim Yŏngnyŏl be banished to Ongjin, Kim Pin’gil to
Ch’ŏnghae, and Yi Kwich’ŏl to P’yŏngyang and that they all be assigned to
the navy.
19th Day (Imin)
The king paid a visit to Chŏngnŭng to inspect Hŭngch’ŏn Monastery, which
was under construction. Originally, the king wanted a Buddhist monastery
built in Chŏngnŭng simply to burn incense every morning and evening.
However, eunuch Kim Sahaeng, by his cunning and flattery, induced the
king to build an extremely luxurious monastery.21st Day (Kapchin)
At night, a streak of white gas clusters was visible in the north.22nd Day (Ŭlsa)
Examiners Cho Chun and Chŏng Tojŏn presided over the technical exami-
nations (chapkwa) and selected eight people in the area of medicine and
seven people in the area of law.24th Day (Chŏngmi)
Wang U, Lord of Kwiŭi, died. The king ordered that he be buried with pro-
priety and bestowed a posthumous title, Kyŏnghŭi. Being the biological
younger brother of Prince Kongyang, U had performed the ancestral rites of
the Wang clan. He had two sons, Cho and Kwan, and his daughter married
Pangbŏn, Prince Muan.25th Day (Musin)
The king took a trip to P’yŏngju.A meteor emerged from east of the Heavenly Market Enclosure (Ch’ŏnsiwŏn)
to enter the West Enclosure, and its length was around 2 ch’ŏk.
- A local navy base in Anbyŏn, North Hamgyŏng Province.