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15th Day (Kyehae)
Jupiter approached the Ghoul Star.A set of robes was bestowed on each of four members of the Jurchen Wuduli
tribes including Wuduli and Yuheli.The remonstrator impeached officials of the Security Council, including Yu
Un and Chŏng Yongsu, because Un and Yongsu, together with To Hŭng,
assistant consultative councilor of the Chancellery; Kim Sŭng and Yi Insu,
commissioners of the Security Council; Cho Hwa, academician; Sin
Hyoch’ang, chief magistrate of Hansŏng; Song Chŏn; and others, sneaked
away from the Privy Council office to enjoy themselves at a game of go in
the adjoining room [while a meeting was being held].16th Day (Kapcha)
The Privy Council requested that the law requiring people to carry a per-
sonal identification tag (hop’ae) be implemented, but the law ended up not
being enforced.Yu Ku, grand academician of the Office of Royal Decrees and State Records,
died. He was a native of Chinyang [Chinju] and a son of Hyebang, magis-
trate of Yŏnggwang. Upon passing the civil service examination, he was
appointed royal inspector.
In the winter of the Sinch’uk year (1361), Red Turban bandits captured the
royal capital [Kaesŏng], and the king was forced to flee south to Ich’ŏn. Ku
arrived at his farm ahead of the king and prepared wine and roe deer meat
to serve the king. Turning around to look at Yu Suk,^2 King Kongmin
[Hyŏllŭng] said, “Let’s not forget the affection that Ku showed us today.”
Thereafter, he gained the trust of the king and rose to right grand mas-
ter of remonstrance after serving in various posts. In the Kyech’uk year
(1373), he went out to serve as surveillance commissioner of Kyŏngsang
Province and became right policy advisor after he returned to court. In the
Kyŏngsin year (1380), he was appointed second royal secretary, and in the- Yu Suk (1324–1368): an official of late Koryŏ. He escorted the king when the Red
Turban bandits seized the capital and the king escaped to take refuge in the south.