Songjung aema JVt:tat,~ Holch'i, or
core of the Royal Guards (early
Choson)
Songmun ~ r~ palace gate
Songmyo ~ * shrine to the sages
songni (hsing-li Ch.) '/13J. the philoso-
phy of nature and principle
Son'gonggam ~ I m Directorate of
Construction
Songp'a (p.n.) f'R~ Kwangju area near
Seoul
son 'gun ~. selected soldiers, pro-
vided with land grants (early Koryo)
Sonhyech'ong '§' ~. Office for Dis-
pensing Benevolence established in
1614 in place of the Taedong Agency
(Taedongch'ong) to administer the
taedong system and taedong tax reve-
nues
Sonjo sujong sillok '§ m ~ .IEW
The Amended Veritable Record of
King Sonjo 's Reign
Sonjo sillok '§m~ The Veritable
Record of King Sonjo 's Reign
Sonjon sosik '§ fJJ m ,~ see
Sonjon'gwan
Sonj6n'gwan (Songjon sosik) '§ f4rg
royal messengers (est. Late Koryo)
sonmu kun 'gwan ~ 1E.t. '8 specially
selected military officers
sonsa ~ ± selected scholars
Sonsan (p.n.) W JlJ in Kyongsang Prov-
GLOSSARY 1183soryangmi 1m" tlit* the Western provi-
sion tax, or the Mao or Chinese provi-
sion tax (moryangmi, tangnyangmi) of
1611, a rice surtax of 1.5 mal/kyol to
provide rations for the troops of the
Ming general, Mao Wen-lung
Sosa /J\ ~ Boy Servants
sosa :'1$ signed concurrence to a
proposal, decision, or royal appoint-
ment usually by members of the Cen-
sorate
Soso P1m" Young Westerner faction
sowon • Jalow-Ievel clerks in the
bureaus
sowon • ~ private academy
Sowon hyangyak 1m" ~.lf.J Sowon
Community Compact
Ssu-ch'uan (Ch.) (p.n.) 1m)"
Ssu-hsien. (Ch.) R] ~ map official
(Chou)
Ssu-k'ou (Ch.) R] ~ Minister of Pun-
ishments (Chou)
Ssu-kung (Ch.) R] ~ Minister of Land
and production from land; or Minister
of Works (Chou)
Ssu-lo (Ch.) R] ~ grand master of
musIc
Ssu-ma (Ch.) R],~ minister of war, the
chief military official in the capital of
the Chinese Chou dynasty (Kor.,
Sarna)
Ssu-men hsueh (Ch.) 1m r~.., Schools
ince of the Four Gates
sonsang nobi ~L~. slaves selected Ssu-shih (Ch.) R] $ personnel officer, a
from the province for duty in the capi-
tal
sonyong f1 m managing things in the
right way
sool J;ft!l,i nothoi or sons of yangban or
sajok by slave concubines
sori W 31! clerk
Soron p iIIfi Disciple's Faction, a West-
erner splinter group
subordinate in the Office of Summer
(Hsia-kuan) (Chou)
Ssu-shih (Ch.) R] rP Market Agency
(Chou)
Ssu-t'u (Ch.) R].vt: minister of educa-
tion (Chou)
Ssu-t'u-fu (Ch.) R].vt: Jf.f Personnel
Bureau (Wei)
su (see Jryang) ~ local government unit