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The king ordered the Privy Council to send a dispatch to the provincial
military commissioner of the Northwest Region and tell him to strictly pro-
hibit the people from conducting trade without permission on the borders.18th Day (Sinmi)
When the king stayed at the hot springs, two children begged for food.
After the king told the officials to bring them in and ask about this, the chil-
dren said they were orphans and had no place to live. The king ordered the
Royal Clothing Office to provide them with clothes and to feed them at the
Catering Bureau (Sasŏnsŏ).19th Day (Imsin)
Jupiter continued to approach Ghoul Star and Heap of Corpses until the
Chŏngch’uk day.^2820th (Kyeyu)
When the king went hunting at Mt. Ch’ŏnsin and stayed in P’yŏngju, he saw
a woman following behind the officials. He asked the reason and found that
she was a female slave belonging to the Royal Stable Court. He ordered the
officials to release her to go home. Then he had the five officials of the Royal
Stable Court, including Director Yi Pi, locked up in jail. The following day,
he forgave them.The royal tomb of the king’s grandmother, Consort Kyŏng, was in Hamju.
A geomancer recommended that the tomb be moved to another place, so the
king sent Prince Yŏngan Yangu and moved the tomb to a mountain slope in
Imbang, which is located in the eastern part of Kwiju.^2925th Day (Muin)
There was frost.Interpreter Pak In’gwi, former vice supervisor [of the Directorate for Fish-
eries and Natural Resources], and other Koreans returned from Tsushima,- According to the Korean sexageny cycle, the chŏngch’uk day comes five days after
kyeyu, the 19th day of the 3rd month here. So it indicates that the above celestial phenomena
continued for five days. - A town located to the east of Hamju, South Hamgyŏng Province.