906 Glossary of Terms
Chŏngbang 政房 Personal Authority (established by Ch’oe U for the purpose
of handling official appointments)
Chongbusi 宗簿寺 Court of the Royal Clan
Chŏngdang munhak 政堂文學 Chancellery scholar
Chŏngdongbanggok 靖東方曲 “Song of Maintaining Peace in the Eastern
Kingdom”
Chŏngdongsŏng / Chŏngdong haengsŏng / Chŏngdonghaeng chungsŏsŏng 征東
省/ 征東行省 /征東行中書省 Eastern Expedition Field Headquarters
Ch’onggwan 摠管 area commander- in- chief
Ch’ŏnggye Paesŏngso 淸溪拜星所 Sanctuary of Purification and Obeisance
to the Constellations
Chongin 從人 attendant
Chŏngsa kongsin 定社功臣 King Chŏngjong merit subjects
Chŏngsun taebu 正順大夫 grand master for following righteousness
Chŏnghŏn taebu 正憲大夫 grand master for illustrious government
Chŏn’gusŏ 典廐署 Office of the Royal Grange
Chŏn’gusŏng 天拘星 Dog Star; meteor
C h’o n h o 千戶 chiliarch; battalion commander
Chŏngja 頂子 decorative headpieces on top of the hat
Chŏngja 正字 proofreader (of the Publications Office)
Ch’ongjae 冢宰 minister of state; high councilor
Chŏngjŏn 正殿 main audience hall; main throne hall; Hall of Rectitude
Chŏngjŏn 井田 well- field
Ch’ŏngjŏng kwayok 淸淨寡慾 obtaining a pure mind and restraining
desires
Chŏngmun 旌門 gate of honor (built by the state in honor of the chaste wife)
Chŏngmun 正門 Gate of Uprightness
Chongmyo 宗廟 Royal Ancestral Shrine
Ch’ongnang 摠郞 vice minister
Chŏngnang 正郞 bureau section chief