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20th Day (Pyŏngin)
Yi Paegan, Pu Kae, and other returnees from overseas as well as a blind
man named Kim Hyodo arrived from Liaodong, China, and the king
bestowed upon them clothes and provisions.21st Day (Chŏngmyo)
[The government] appointed Ch’oe Yŏngji as director of the State Finance
Commission; Sŏng Sŏngnin as assistant chancellor; U Innyŏl and Yu Mansu
as assistant grand councilors of the Chancellery; and Sŏng Sŏgyong as
inspector-general. Then it dismissed ten discussants of the Two Departments,
one magistrate of Hanyang Magistracy, and two grand academicians and
two academicians of the Office of Royal Decrees and State Records.22nd Day (Mujin)
One hundred and eight monks assembled for a five- day ceremony to pray
for the elimination of disasters.Pak Ch’ŏnsang and Chŏn Chach’ung were pardoned.^1123rd Day (Kisa)
A meteor came out of the Purple Forbidden Enclosure to enter the Great
Bear Constellation (Yŏngsŏng).24th Day (Kyŏngo)
The king was not well.25th Day (Sinmi)
The king recovered from his illness.When eight Koreans held captive in Tsushima arrived with nine Japanese,
the government let them return to their homes. The government also let the- They were former officials who failed to meet the deadline for residing in the capital
and were punished for it.