INDEX

abalone, 364, 926

abandoned homes, 939–940

abandoned lands: divided among creditors, 413

false v. true, 274–275

land administration and, 266, 269–271, 274–276

lawsuits and, 270

as priority, 274–275

reclamation of, 276, 414

taxes on, 266, 269–271, 274–276

Abridged Genealogies of a Hundred Families (Paekga sobo), 586

Academician’s Reservoir (Xueshiyan), 990

accidental homicide, 729

actors, shows presented by, 791–792

administration hall (chŏngdang), 1008

administrative assistant to provincial governor (p’angwan), 161–162

Administrative Encyclopedia of Korea (Munhŏnbigo), 272–273, 524

administrator of law (sifacanjun), 678

Admonitions on Governing the People (Mongmin simsŏ), 345

“Admonitions on the Conduct of the One in Mourning” (“Xiaoyu jusangwen”) (Zhu Xi), 507–508

Admonitions to My Children (Guotinglu) (Fan Gongcheng), 16

adultery, 233–234, 788–789

advances, training of, 596–599

affluent households, solicitation of contributions from, 919–923

age: beating in accordance with, 757

military exemption due to, 569–570

promotion and, 611, 613

raising and reducing of, 355

in social hierarchy and order, 534

agricultural development commissioner (guannongshi), 413

agriculture: Chinese, 409

clear responsibilities in promoting, 425–427

equipment for, 419–421, 888–890

evaluation of administrative responsibilities in, 427–432

farming progress and, 432–433

gardening as, 415–417

importance of, 408

livestock in, 415–417, 421–425

magistrate’s duty to promote, 410–413

manufacturing of goods promoting, 888–890

mulberries and, 418–419

reports on, 171

in saving goods during enemy attack, 653–654

sericulture as, 415–419

sophistication of, 409

taxes and, 408–433

tree farming, 428–429

vegetables in, 427–429

Vietnamese, 411

weaving as, 415–417

aides, governor’s (pijang), 487–488

aides of magistrate (hyangsŭng), 235, 531

alcohol production, 961–962

altars: broken down, 442–444

three, 436–440

alternative crops, sowing (taep’a), 954, 957

ammunition, 608

amnesty, for assistance against thieves, 805–806

amnyu (keeping grain for personal purpose), 317–318

Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen) (Xu Shen), 759

ancestral rites, 139–140, 181

anger: judicious enforcement of punishments and, 742–744, 751

setting body in order and, 56–59

animal husbandry: evaluation of, 428–430

metaphor, 1

An Kyŏngsim, 636

An Lushan, 643–644

“Announcement to Prince Kang” (“Kanggao”), 505, 505n220

anonymous letters and notices, 621–624

An Sunam (An Chŏngbok), 37, 134, 421, 691

An Yu, 820

“Appeal with Regard to the Prohibition of the Purchase of Rice” (“Qi jinedi zhuang”) (Zhu Xi), 907

appointment: assuming office and, 5–15

letters of, 585–587, 903–904

of magistrates, 1

prevention of irregularities and, 10–12

reckless spending and, 8–10

of regional representatives, 1

travel expenses and, 12–15. See also reappointment

archers (muhak), 595

archery, as priority, 610–615

archery rite (hyangsarye), 529–530

Armor-Throwing Deep (T’ugapyŏn), 988

armory, 606–607

arrows, 611, 617

arrow shafts, 607–609

arson, 961

artillery soldiers (p’osu), 578

artisans, gathering of, 885–887

artisan villages, 376

ashtrays, 485

assuming office: appointment and, 5–15

Essays of Tasan on, 12, 43

Hu Dachu and, 47

inauguration and, 33–39

National Code on, 21, 25

official duties and, 39–50

Supplement to the National Code on, 12, 20

taking leave of king and, 20–27

traveling to post and, 15–20, 28–33

Zheng Xuan on, 15

Zhu Xi and, 41, 48

Asylum for Orphans (Ciyouyuan), 934

Augmented Survey of the Geography of Korea, 642

auspicious day, for inauguration, 33–34

austerity, 28–30

authorization paper, forged, 680

autopsies, 729–732, 739

Awakening the People from Ignorance (Yumeng) (Feng Yuan), 500

baggage: of clean-hearted scholar, 987–988

for departure, 985–990

neat and clean, 985–986

reckless throwing away of, 988–989

road construction, maintenance and, 883–884

shameful, 989–990

transportation of, 404

baggage carrying (chŏnim), 883–884

Bai Juyi, 718

Baimao Harbor, 399

Bai Xiangshan, 92, 92n157, 1014

bandits: domestic disturbances from, 627–629

elimination of, 796–802, 812–813, 893

of Fierce Dragon Army, 639–640

three reasons for, 796–799

Yao, 632

banner signals, training to follow, 593–599

banquets: for closing of relief camp, 971–973

for elderly, 190–191

in garden, 484

for honored guests, 468–471

Baocheng Post Station, 858

Bao Yu, 772

Bao Zheng, 46, 46n105, 57, 83, 93, 129, 131, 221, 664, 753

baozheng (reducing taxes), 893–894

barren lands, 268–269

basic household survey (ch’imgip’yo), 919

bastions, protruding (ch’isŏng), 873

battle camps, building (chinbŏp), 597

battle formations: essence of, 598

secret signals in, 599

training of, 596–599

battlements, reinforcement of, 873–874

Ba Zhi, 144

beard-touching tax (lusuqian), 405

beating in accordance with age (suinianzhang), 757

beating with double pleasure (hehuanzhang), 757

bedrooms, for interpreters, 486

begging: for words of wisdom, 191

by yamen clerks, 222–223, 323

Bei Heng, 145

benefits: bestowing, self-discipline and, 145–151

disarray from war and, 149–150

extravagance in serving men in power and, 150–151

extreme frugality and, 145

for friends, 146–147

for men in exile, 148–149

silence about, 103–105

stipend used in, 147–148

benevolence, 134, 192, 342–343

compassion for prisoners and, 758

Confucius and, 215

of women, 721–722

with yamen clerks, 215–216

Bianshui River, 879–880

Biography of the Gardener Guo Tuotuo (Zhongshu Guo Tuotuo chuan) (Liu Zihou), 427

birthday party, 72

birthdays, magistrates’, 103

Bi Zhongjing, 108

blackmail (toroe), 733–734

blue caps (bitoujin), 753

Board of Punishments, 396, 763, 793, 795

Board of Taxation, 305, 365, 432, 842–844

Board of War, 614

Board of Works, 845

body. See setting body in order

Book for Arresting and Punishing Criminals (Luozhijing) (Lai Juchen), 761

Book of Changes (Yijing), 4, 56, 530, 709, 760, 768, 906

Book of Forensic Medicine (Xiyuanlu), 725

Book of Han (Hanshu), 759

Book of Rites (Liji), 98–99, 117, 189, 470, 851, 855, 989. See also “Proceedings of Government in the Different Months”

Book of Tang (Tangshu), 25

Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), 759

Book of Wei (Weishu), 417

Book on Martial Arts (Wubian) (Tang Shunzhi), 875

books: budgets for publishing, 366

carriage for, 19–20

of codified laws, 724–726

Four, 2

importance of, 3–4

for integrity, 36

of official reports, 173

in schools, 515–516, 523–525

setting body in order and, 77–78

in shipwrecked foreign vessels, 186

Border Defense Council (Pibyŏnsa), 297, 301, 370–371, 602, 865, 910–911, 936

boxian (violating the deadline), 407

Bo Yi, 249, 249n65

Bo Yu, 516

breakwater at seacoast (haeŏn), 852–853

breeding: horse, 793

oxen, 423–425

bribery: with chŏkgo, 377

enlistment and, 577, 598

for fraudulent designation of disaster areas, 280–281

integrity and, 88–89

law of, 827

of post-station runners, 488

ruling of household and, 119–121

of superior, with entertainment and money, 798

taxes and, 280–281, 297, 357, 577

walking down in the royal court, 9–10, 9n2

yangban association and, 238

bridges: construction of, 879–881

Guangjiqiao, 880–881

Lisheqiao, 880

Mansegyo, 881

Shangqingqiao, 880

brotherly love (mu), 190, 911

brothers: lawsuits against, 503–507

in ruling of household, 109–110

brown seaweed, 946–947

buckwheat seeds, 954

Buddhas, occult and, 821–822

Buddhist sacrifices, 437

Buddhist temples: parties in, 75–76

property left to, 673–674

Bureau for Crisis and Recovery (Chewip’o), 935

Bureau of Equalized Tax (Kyunyŏkch’ŏng), 559, 562, 605

Bureau of Famine Relief, 903, 915, 953

Bureau of Land and Tax Administration (Chŏnjesangjŏngso), 262

Bureau of Mountains and Marshes (Santaeksa), 844–845

burial signs (maep’yo), 693

cadastral map (yulintu), 271–274

cadastral survey, 264–265

Cai Jing, 74–75, 74n83

Cai Junshan, 1006

Cai Xiang (Junmo), 75

canals, 854–855

candidates, physically disabling (kyŏch’uk), 611–613

Cang Ci, 753, 782

cangue (jia), 760–761

cannibalism, 966

Cao Cao, 278, 623

Cao Keming, 90

Cao Zan, 123

capital agent, 10–12, 296–297

capital liaison office, 235

caps, 51–52, 753

card with official seal (chup’ae), 389

card without official seal (paekp’ae), 389

cargo vessels, 387–389

carpenters, 864–865

carriage: for books, 19–20

excessively luxurious, 534–538

for women traveling, 111–112

cash, order to raise, 333

cattails, 855–857

cauldrons, cooking, 946

cavalry, 578, 595, 597–599

cemeteries: geomancy and, 266–267, 275, 686–687, 689

grand master of, 685

public, 685–686. See also grave sites

Cen Xi, 777

ceremonial music (naak), 792

ceremonies. See rites and ceremonies

The Ceremonies of the Five Rites (Oreyeŭi), 439–440, 529

ceremony of looking after orphans, 528–529

ceremony of nursing the aged, 525

chabigok (grain for famine relief), 900

Cha Dao, 91

chaebok (recovery of property), 340–341

Ch’ae Chegong (Ch’ae Pŏnong), 61, 240, 980–981

Ch’ae Chŏng, 998

Ch’ae P’aengyun, 458

ch’aerŭk (manipulating debts), 324

Chahasanin. See Mountain Man under the Purple Sky

chakbu (grouping small lands as unit for tax collection), 288–290, 292–294

ch’amallye (bribing superior with entertainment and money), 798

Chang Gun, 552

Chang Hyŏngwang, 191

Chang Sam, 388

Changsan Fortress, 869–870

Chang Yu, 456, 474

character, greatness of, 618–619

charity, 990

cheating, on examinations, 556

checkpoints, 394

Cheju Island, tribute of, 402–403

ch’emaso (place for changing horses), 491

Chen Biao, 805

Chen Cheng, 723

Chen Fan, 507, 996

Chen Gang, 878

Chen Gao, 64

Cheng Baizi (Hao), 54, 188, 198, 515, 594, 904–905

Cheng Hao, 161, 475, 679, 801

Cheng Lin, 210

Cheng Mingdao, 174, 174n43, 495, 666

Cheng Yanbin, 69

Cheng Zi, 157, 157n10

Cheng Zigao, 266

Chengzu, Emperor, 994, 1004

Chen Hanqing, 505

Chen Jianzhai, 83–84

Chen Jin, 713–714

Chen Jing, 413

Chen Liangqi, 959

Chen Lie, 75

Chen Lin, 695

Chen Meigong, 765

Chen Ping, 436

Chen Shu, 439

Chen Shugu, 808

Chen Shunyu, 155

Chen Tai, 131

Chen Xiang, 131, 496–497, 853–854

Chen Xilang, 552

Chen Xiliang, 209, 449–450, 879–880

Chen Yaozuo, 878, 912–913

Chen Youxue, 417, 783, 888

Chen Zhengzhong, 955

Chen Zhongju, 245–246

Chen Zhongzi, 249, 249n66

Chen Zun, 195

chess, 78–79

chich’ik (entertainment of Chinese imperial envoys): Hwanghae Province rules for, 482–492

importance of, 477–482

chief escort officials, 488

chief judge (shishi), 894

chief yamen clerk, 226, 249–250, 339

ch’ikgi (notice of visit of Chinese imperial embassy), 477, 479

ch’ikgo (entertainment fund), 489

childlessness, 198, 771–772

children: abandoned, 194–198, 953

of concubines, 698–699

elderly without, 198

embezzlement by, 704

in family, 109, 772–773

illegitimate, 699

inheritance property of, 697–698, 697n92

intelligent, 549–551

in lawsuits, 665–672

outstanding, in county schools, 550–551

petty crimes by, 814

of prisoners, 771–772

in relief camps, 953

in ruling of household, 109, 118–119, 123–124

as secret inspectors, 248–249

of slaves, registration of, 701

sons, 118–119

step-, 670

torture of, 757–758. See also orphans

chili (reducing labor-service requirements), 893–894

China: agriculture in, 409

examination system in, 243–244

food in, 424

funeral shamans of, 691

imperial embassy of, 477, 479, 482–492

imperial envoys of, 477–482

interrogating stick of, 745

justice system of, 713

prostitutes in, 787–788

refugees in, 939–940

solicitation of contributions in, 912–915, 919

unauthorized cattle slaughtering in, 423

vagrants and tramps in, 948

chingp’o (collection of military taxes), 611, 613–614

chipsin (old grain substituted for new), 319–320

Cho Ch’angwŏn, 343

Cho Chongdo, 650

Cho Chun, 25

Ch’oe Akjae, 762

Ch’oe Cha, 720

Ch’oe Chae, 652, 978

Ch’oe Ch’ibong, 219

Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn, 261, 261n4, 548

Ch’oe Ch’ŏkgyŏng, 997–998

Ch’oe Ch’unmyŏng, 646

Ch’oe Ho, 628

Ch’oe I, 646, 985

Ch’oe Ip, 553

Ch’oe Kyŏnghoe, 649

Ch’oe Sisŏl, 816, 852

Ch’oe Sŏgyŏng, 717–718

Ch’oe Sŏk, 986

Ch’oe Suksaeng, 215–216

choet’ong (indirect collaboration in criminal act), 340

Ch’oe Tongnip, 665

Ch’oe Unhae, 641

Ch’oe Wŏnu, 986

Ch’oe Yuhae, 383–384

Ch’oe Yundŏk, 824, 885

Cho Haksin, 571

Cho Hyŏnmyŏng, 370n141

Cho Hyorip, 646

chŏkgo (bribe money), 377

Ch’oksŏk Fortress, 871

Cho Kŭksŏn, 105, 154, 157–158, 176, 518, 754

Cho Kyewŏn, 594

Cho Munmyŏng, 918

Chŏng Chaeryun, 674

Chŏng Chaewŏn, 980–981

Chŏng Chihwa, 167, 616

Chŏng Chong, 641–642

Chong Gao, 992

Chŏng Hongsun, 110

Chŏng Ildu, 192

ch’ŏngjing (collective responsibility for embezzlement), 340

Chŏngjo, King, 200, 315, 368, 482, 500, 529, 547, 739, 762, 835–836, 843, 850, 875, 889, 1014

Chŏng Ku (Chŏng Hangang), 71, 651–652

Chŏng Kyŏngsun, 784

Chŏng Manhwa, 144

Chŏng Mansŏk, 369, 390, 830

Chŏng Minsi, 881

Chŏng Myŏngsu, 481, 481n176

Chŏng Ok, 138

Chŏng Ŏnhwang, 392, 451, 625, 784

Chŏng Pal, 647–648

Chŏng Poksi, 701, 779

Chŏng Pung, 151

Chŏng Sangsun, 73

Chŏng Si, 650–651

Chŏng Sŭbin, 823

Chŏng Sulin, 353–354

Chŏng T’aekgyŏng, 285

Chŏng T’ak, 448

Chŏng Togil, 240

Chŏng Ŭngdu, 138

Chŏng Ungyŏng, 216–217

Chŏn Hŭng, 754

Chŏn Noksaeng, 106

Chŏn Sŏngan, 863

Cho Ŏ, 115

Choryŏng Pass, 878–879

Cho Sehwan, 482, 511

Cho Sin, 640

Cho Sŏgyun, 162

Chou Lan, 416, 501–502

Cho Ungyu, 621

Cho Unhŭl, 70–71

Chou Xuanda, 123

Cho Wi, 861–862

choyogok (grain for relief of labor services), 406–407, 406n182

Cho Yŏnggyŏng, 204

Cho Yundŏk, 143

Chronicle of Zuo, 911

Chu Chinjŏng, 816

chŭnggo (manipulation of grain tax for profiteering), 315

Ch’ungsuk, King, 106, 998

Chu Sinjae, 446, 446n65

citrons, 836–837

civil matters (minsa), 739–742

civil service examinations: firmly established system for, 554–556

kwagŏ, 243

military examination and, 615

necessity of, 541–542

people continuously passing, 551–554

recommending virtuous men and, 243–244

slaves taking, 700

state, 89, 182

clan status, 531–533

Classic of Filial Poetry (Xiaojing), 501

Classic of History, 360, 360n128

Classic of Poetry, 29, 52–53, 57–58, 72, 198, 202, 361–362, 655–656, 776–777, 831, 872, 1016

clay, 866

clay statues, 443

clerks: anonymous letters by, 621–622

in charge of drafting statement regarding departure of previous magistrate, 225

in charge of grain, 946

in charge of personnel, 346–347

crimes committed by, 30, 163, 171, 220

famine relief and, 967

letters of complaint read by, 660

military unit of, 595

mountain echoes of, 626

personal secretary v., 124–125

property amassed by, 817–818

treatment of, 23–24

wives of, 117. See also yamen clerks

clerks and slaves unit (inodae), 595

cloth: excessive taxes on, 393–396

household cloth tax and, 407–408, 557

linen, 240

military cloth tax and, 557–565, 572–577, 583–585, 613–614

in trial hearings I, 678–683. See also silk

clothing: dresses, 113–114

excessively luxurious, 534–538

frugality and, 135–139

funeral, 700

mourning, 508, 513

for offenses, 751, 753

for prisoners, 767

sacrificial robes, 442–444

sericulture as foundation of, 418–419

in setting body in order, 51–52

shoes, 395

stolen, 681–682

thieves’, red ink marking, 806–808

wives and, 113–114, 121–122

of yamen clerks, 226

clubs, punishments enforced with, 745–747

Code of Rites, 689

codified laws, books of, 724–726

coercive tax collection (paekjing), 566

coffin, carrying of, 400, 1010

cold, in prison, 765–768

Cold Food Festival (Hanshijie), 809

Collectanea of Relief Administration (Huangzheng congshu) (Lin Xiyuan), 930–931

Collected Commentaries on the Codes of Qing China (Qinglü jizhu), 738–739

Collected Works of Taesan (Taesanjip) (Kim Maesun), 1018n134

Collected Works of T’oegye (T’oegyejip) (Yi Hwang), 870

Collection of Admonitions for the People (Jieminji) (Zhang Yong), 3, 657, 726

commands, giving (horyŏng), 597

Commentary on Ancient Precedents (Kojŏgŭi), 257–258

Commentary on Idiomatic Phrases (Lianwen shiyi), 540

Commentary on the Chronicles of Zuo (Chunqiu zhengyi), 435, 437

commodities, in waterway and reservoir management, 855–857

community compacts: education of the people and, 494–499

lawsuits discouraged by, 497–498

company commander, 601

Complete Book of Agricultural Administration (Xu Guangqi), 422–423

The Complete Book of Yi Ch’ungmugong, 603, 603n65

Complete Studies on Astronomical Instruments (Yixiang zhi), 889

Comprehensive Examination on the Rites of Funeral (Duli tongkao) (Xu Ganxue), 687–688

Comprehensive National Code: on administration of justice, 694, 746

on administration of military affairs, 608, 610

on famine relief, 968, 972

preferred use of, 703

on public service, 156

on public works administration, 833–834

on taxes, 274, 276, 308, 333, 400

Comprehensive Prosody Authorized by the Royal Library (Kyujang chŏnun), 547

A Comprehensive Update of the Chosŏn Dynasty’s Administrative Code, 699

compulsory allocation of products (pokjŏng), 363

concubines: children of, 698–699

slaves, 700

wives and, 122–123

condolences, rice for, 1009–1010

confessions, false, 711, 732–733

confirmation hearings, 20–21

Confucianists: auditing of public depository records and, 384–385

founding texts of, 2n4

music in, 516

pretend students of, 356–357

Confucius: benevolence and, 215

clay statues not recognized by, 443

corvée services criticized by, 360

on cruel governments, 407

filial piety and, 512

generosity and, 59–60

on greed, 797

on lawsuits, 655–656

legalism and, 724–725

on mourning, 508

parents of, 685

shrines to, 38–39, 440–444, 822

on trust, 256

virtue and, 82

construction work: for embankments, 397–399

emergency, 870–871

famine relief and, 955–956. See also road construction and maintenance

Cool Stories of Hasan (Hasan naengdam), 797

copper mines, 842–844

copperware, 887–888

corner towers (kakdae), 874

corner towers with artillery (p’ook), 873–874

coroner, 182–183

corporal punishments: execution of, 742–747

for females, 756–757

types of, 739–742

corvée services: cargo vessels and, 387–389

Confucius criticizing, 360

Equalized Tax Law and, 387

excessive taxes and, 393–396

exemption from, 201–202, 304–305, 333, 398

fairness in, 360–362

fishing taxes and, 389–390

grain for relief of, 406–407, 406n182

head-tax law and, 407–408

household registration as foundation of, 343–345

hwangjangmok and, 832

imposition of, 396–404

investigation of unaccounted-for lands and households for, 375–376

irregularities in, investigations to disclose, 376–377

justice in levying I, 360–385

justice in levying II, 385–408

kye association villages and, 371–375

land-based v. household-based taxes and, 377–378

law on household cloth tax and, 407–408

laws with abuses and, 385–386

liaison storehouses and, 392–393

monetary fund for labor service and, 406–407, 406n182

money paying for, 368, 368n138

practices produced by wrongful precedents and, 404–405

public depository and, 362–371, 382–385

in remote regions, 381–382

rules and regulations for, 371

salt taxes and, 390–392

slaves and, 375

spurious taxes and, 379–381

taxes paid in money v. rice and, 378–379

types of labor, 396–397

cotton gin, 889–890

cotton harvest, 584

county schools: Confucian shrines at, 38–39

examinations in, 541–542, 546, 554–556

headmaster selected for, 525–528

income of, 545

instructors at, 519

origin of, 516

outstanding children in, 550–551

selection by, 543

steward of, 523

courtesy pay, 592, 601

cows, 422–423, 792–795

crenellated parapets (biye), 873

crimes: clerks committing, 30, 163, 171, 220

during famine relief, 969–970

indirect collaboration in, 340

inscribed on stone, 220

periods of responsibility for, 737–739

petty, by children, 814

servants committing, 30

of thieves, pardoning of, 799–801

unforgivable, 721–722. See also homicide

crop assessors (kyŏngch’agwan), 826

crossbows, 617–618

cross-examination, 660

Cui, Lady, 122n239, 123–124, 502

Cui Boqian, 752

Cui Jingzhen, 753

Cui Kai, 643

Cui Pu, 471

Cui Renshi, 714–715

Cui Shi, 420–421

Cui Ting, 982

Cui Yan, 37

Cui Yuan, 847

Cui Zhuan, 769

customs: better, cultivation of, 515

for caring for elderly, 192

domestic disturbances influenced by, 625–627

excessive taxes on, 393–396

good, promotion and implementation of, 507–510

local, 14–15, 102, 625–627

regional, law of taxation II and, 305–308

wrongful, 99–101

Dai Feng, 454

Daily Record of Koksan Prefecture Regarding the Renovation of Its Main Office (Sangsanbu chŏngdang kaegŏn ilyŏk), 863–864

Daily Records of Tasan (Tasan ilch’o), 925

dams: building of, 853–854

in canals, fortified, 854–855

repairing of, 188

Danda Mieming, 127, 127n247

Dang Fazong, 639

Dao, King, 778

Daoist sacrifices, 448, 448n74

deadline, violating, 407

death: of magistrate, 1005–1010

of parents, 999–1000

from plague, 951–953

poetry and, 649–650

from starvation, 950–951, 966. See also families of dead

debt: canceling, 337, 342

manipulating, 324

remission of, 703

in trial hearings II, 702–705

degree (dushu), 685

deities: disturbances raised by, 818–821

dragon, 456

earth and grain, 38

guardian, 38, 435, 438–439

Jiqi, 435

Julong, 435

mountain, 457–458

Rushou, 435

Sheji, 435

delay (yuch’e), 768–769

Deng Wan, 718

Deng You, 1018

departure: baggage for, 985–990

death of magistrate and, 1005–1010

districts vying for magistrate and, 993–994

Essays of Tasan on, 981, 984–985

minor offenses and, 1001–1005

missing and honoring late magistrate and, 1010–1021

people’s request for longer stay and, 990–1000

praise following, 1018–1019

of previous magistrate, 225

reappointment and, 995–1001

replacement and, 975–1011

reporting for, 20–21

Rites of Zhou on, 1001

Supplement to the National Code on, 1009–1010

transfer and, 975–1011

visits many years following, 1017–1018

Zheng Xuan on, 977, 990

depositions, 734–735

descending dragon (naeryong), 689

Design for Good Government, 427, 430n247, 829

detours, 30–31

“Diagram of the Plowing Machines” (“Daigeng tushuo”), 420–421

Diagrams and Explanations of Wonderful Machines (Qiqi tushuo), 889

Diary of Miam (Miam ilgi), 235, 235n33

dignity, 7, 14, 29

in commanding subordinates, 228

gravity and, 62–65

setting body in order and, 60–62

of yamen clerks, 126–128

Di Jinghui, 1012

Ding Gongzhu, 510

Ding Ji, 518, 781

director in charge of famine relief (kimin toyusa), 946

director of branch department of state affairs, 253–254

director of markets (sishi), 894

director of water transportation (kaicao taijian), 855

Di Renjie, 448–449, 714, 1012

disasters: drought, 283–284, 453–454

fraudulent designation of, 280–281

land administration and, 280

law of taxation I and, 280–282, 284–288

prevention of, 210–211

records of, 284–286

severity of, 286. See also natural disasters, victims of

discharging arms and attacking (yŏnbŏp), 597

Discourse on Collecting the Taxes in Arrears (Lunjiqian zhuang) (Su Shi), 406

Discourse on Northern Learning (Pukhak ŭi) (Pak Chega), 423

Discourse on the Granary (Shecangyi) (Zhao Nanxing), 311–312

Discourses of the Yue (Yueyu), 201–202

Discourses on Administration (Zhengjin) (Zhen Dexiu), 4

discrimination, in famine relief, 936–938

district convocation (hyanghoe), 385

district grand master (xiangdafu), 492–493

district maps, 48–49

district office, supplies provided for, 380–381

Di Su, 444, 675

ditches, digging, 398

Di Wulun, 111, 990–991

Doctrine of the Mean, 655–656

domestic disturbances: in administration of military affairs, 618–629

advance preparation for, 618–619

anonymous letters and notices in, 621–624

appropriate action for, 624–625

customs influencing, 625–627

from robbers and wandering bandits, 627–629

rumors and, 619–620

slaying of public officials, 625–627

trust and, 629

Dong Commandery, 910

Dong Shiyi, 95, 136

Dong Xuan, 777

Dong Yi, 443

Dong Yue, 191

Dong Zhao, 130

Dong Zhongshu, 152, 152n1

double-cropping, 411

double interest rate (kamni), 702, 702n105

dragon deity, 456

Dramatic Essay of Ch’ŏngp’a (Ch’ŏngp’a kŭkdam) (Yi Yuk), 824n362

drapery, warrant for, 101–102

dresses, 113–114

drinking, avoiding, 65–72

drought, 283–284, 453–454

drums, 359

drum signals, training to follow, 596–599

dry foods, 470

dual taxation (ch’ŏpyŏk), 568

Duan Jian, 517

Du Cheng, 801

due dates, notebook of, 48

Du Hong, 620

Du Huan, 754

Du Huangshang, 111

duohun (holding wedding ceremonies without adhering to closely to what propriety requires), 893

Du Shiyan, 450

dustcovers, on ceilings, 486, 491

duty soldiers (hosu), 558–559

Du Yan, 104, 412, 664, 753, 993

Du Yu, 854–855, 879, 911, 1014

Du Zhenzhi, 1012

dykes, 211, 849–850

earth and grain deities, shrine of, 38

earthen fortification, 872–873

East and West Sanatorium of Great Mercy (Tongsŏ taebiwŏn), 935

Easterners faction, 696n90

eclipses, 459–460

edification of the people: National Memorial Day and, 154

public service and, 152–155

resignation and, 154–155

responsibilities in, 152–153

royal admonition or amnesty explanation as, 154

royal commendations, reprimands and, 155

royal edict explanation as, 153

education of the people (jiaomin): better customs cultivated in, 515

community compacts and, 494–499

filial piety publicized in, 510–511

government related to, 492–494

integrity publicized in, 510–511

lawsuits against brothers and, 503–507

longstanding abuses discouraged in, 511–514

punishment and, 501–503

in remote border areas, 507–510

rites, ceremonies and, 492–515

sages’ exemplary conduct influencing, 500–501

Eight Horses Monument (P’almabi), 986

eight sacrifices (bala), 439, 439n39

elderly, caring for: banquet for elderly and, 190–191

begging for words of wisdom and, 191

without children, 198

cursing of elders and, 789

custom established for, 192

filial piety and, 189–190

food distributed to, 192–193

love of people and, 189–193

magistrate exemplifying, 192

punishment taken for sons and, 772–773

torture and, 757–758

Elementary Learning, 517–518

elementary schools, private, 550

elementary studies, 517–518

Elite Patrol (Pyŏlch’o), 640

Embankment Construction Agency (Cheŏnsa), 397–398, 397n166, 400, 849

embankments, construction of, 397–399

embezzlement: by children, 704

collective responsibility, 340

of grain loans, 339–343

by prison guards, 767

of taxes, 175–177

by yamen clerks, fines for, 339–342

employment of people for local government: arguing and, 238

chief of local gentry, 236

chief of yangban association, 238–239

flattery and, 238

left assistant, 236–237

military officials, 239

in personnel administration, 234–241

principle of, 234–235

qualified people for, 237–238

right assistant, 236–237

enemy attack, defending against: advice for, 636–638

loyalty and encouragement to soldiers in, 642–651

in military affairs administration, 629–654

offering local products to king and, 651–652

pursuing enemy in, 638–642

responsibilities in, 630–636

saving goods in, 653–654

enjoyment, setting body in order and, 73–76

enlistment: administration of, 557–593

bribery and, 577, 598

courtesy pay for, 592

documents and records, 577–583

evasion of, 581–583, 585–587

extortion and, 573–577

hiring of replacements for, 571–573

in military affairs administration, 557–593

military cloth tax and, 557–562, 583–585

notice for, 561

pretexts for taxation and, 562–571

rotating service troops and, 587–593

unfair, 576

entertainers, female, 67–68, 67n53, 75, 233, 787–789

entertainment: banquets for honored guests, 468–471

of Chinese imperial envoys, 477–492

eunuchs and, 475–477

expenses of, 487, 489

food served at, 461–463, 469–471

frugality and, 139–140, 142–143

fund for, 489

of governor, 463–468

reduced scale of, 893–894

rites and ceremonies of, 460–492

rules of propriety for, 460–461

of superiors, 471–473, 798

visiting officials, 473–474

wine and, 461–462, 465–466

entourage, 17–19, 76–77

epidemics, 206–208

equal-field system (juntian zhidu), 416, 416n210

Equalized Tax Law, 13, 387, 390, 559–560

equal treatment (kyun), 328

equipment: agricultural, 419–421, 888–890

irrigation, 889

weaving, 419–421, 888–890

erosion, 275

escort commissioner, 185, 487

“Essay on Encouraging Agriculture” (“Quannong wen”) (Zhu Xi), 794

Essays of Chagyunam (Chagyunam manp’il), 26

Essays of Chasan (Chasan p’ildam) (Chŏng Yagchŏn), 828

Essays of Tasan (Tasan p’ildam): on administration of justice, 659, 773, 824

on assuming office, 12, 43

on departure, 981, 984–985

on famine relief, 943–944, 960, 964–965

on personnel administration, 251–252

on public works administration, 875, 884, 887

on rites and ceremonies, 466, 539

on self-discipline, 67, 76

on taxes, 424–425

Essays of Yusan (Yusan p’ildam), 421, 554

Essays of Yusan (Yusan p’ilhwa), 767

Essays on Reading (Dushulu) (Xue Wenqing), 127

Essays Written during the Break in Plowing the Land (Chuogenglu), 699–700

Essentials for Local Magistrates (Imgwanjŏng’yo) (An Sunam), 37, 691

Essentials for Trial Hearings (Ch’ŏngsong yosik) (Yi Wŏnik), 707

Essentials of Magistracy (Chŏng’yo), 54, 54n16, 236, 955–956

Essentials of the Administration of Pine Forests (Songjŏng chŏlmok), 836

“Establishing Relief Houses in Three Districts” (“Sanxian zichang tie”) (Zhu Xi), 933

estuaries, grain traded at, 908–909

eunuchs: entertainment and, 475–477

lawless conduct of, 779–781

evaluation. See personnel evaluation

Ever-Normal Bureau (Sangp’yŏngch’ŏng), 608

Ever-Normal Granary, 854, 905, 910, 912

evil: good distinguished from, 1020–1021

inability to hate, 721–722

examinations: cheating on, 556

Chinese system of, 243–244

confirmation hearings as, 21

in county schools, 541–542, 546, 554–556

grading of, 544

intelligent youth and, 549–551

military, 611–612, 615–616

new-recruit, 612

oral, 21

palace, 615

rites and ceremonies in, 541–556

rules of versification in, 546–549

selection for, 542–546

special, 615

stages of, 543, 543n328

triennial, 554

triennial augmented, 612, 615

written, 21. See also civil service examinations

excessive punishment (namhyŏng), 740

exhumation, 693, 739

exile, men in: benefits for, 148–149

compassion for, 773–776

exorcisms, 62

exorcist music, 791–792

Expanded Commentaries on the Comprehensive National Code (Taejŏn chŭngju), 739

expense records, 102–103

extortion: enlistment and, 573–577

in prison, 761–764

tax, 290–292, 303, 307, 318–319, 573–577

extra lands (sŏngyŏl), 300–301

extreme actions, 95–96

false accusations: in eliminating threats, 814–816

in judgment and imprisonment, 733–734

false confessions, 711, 732–733

false reports, 183, 313, 317

families of dead: commiseration and support for, 201–205

decent burial for, 202

exempt from corvée services, 201–202

famine relief and, 203

of government workers, 205

of officials who served in strange lands, 204

witnessing tragic situations and, 203–204

families of good lineage (kamun), 698

family: brothers, 109–110, 503–507

children, 109, 772–773

law designating heir of, 698–699

lawsuits involving, 503–507, 665–672

personal favors and, 128–130, 132–133

poor, 132–133, 146–147

property, distribution of, 669

punishment taken for other members, 772–773

six close relatives, 107

three clans, 774. See also families of dead; parents; wives

Family Precepts of Osŏng (Osŏng kagye), 118

famine relief: additional measures for, 954–964

alcohol production and, 961–962

arson and, 961

Bureau of, 903, 915, 953

centers established for, 933–936

clerks and, 967

Comprehensive National Code on, 968, 972

conclusion of, 964–974

construction work and, 955–956

crimes committed in, 969–970

director in charge of, 946

discrimination in, 936–938

Essays of Tasan on, 943–944, 960, 964–965

exhaustion following, 973–974

extent of, 927–945

families of dead and, 203

food and, 896–897

goods bestowed in, 903–904

grain for, 897–903, 908–909, 932–933, 947–948, 965–971

houses suffering from starvation in, 941–945

Hu Dachu and, 907

literati and, 945

National Code on, 900, 968

orphans and, 197–198

plants and herbs for, 956–958

precedents used as model for, 940–941

preparation of relief supplies, 893–911

refugees and, 939–940

relief camps set up for, 946–953

repairs and, 955–956

rewards for, 915–919, 971–973

Rites of Zhou and, 893, 895, 906, 944–945, 958

royal inspector supervising, 905

slash-and-burn fields and, 308–309

solicitation of contributions for, 911–927

Supplement to the National Code on, 907, 968, 972

tallies for, 575

thieves and, 958–961

timing of, 927–932

violations committed during, 964–968

Zhang Yong and, 897, 899

Zhu Xi and, 907–909, 914, 918, 933, 939–941, 954, 956, 959

Fan Chengda, 382–383

Fan Chunren, 781, 801–802, 910, 973

Fang Bao, 92

Fang Guan, 128

Fang Jingbo, 502, 800

Fang Jun, 91

Fang Keqin, 137, 148, 871–872

Fan Gongcheng, 16

Fan Guang, 770–771

Fang Yangqian, 146

Fang Zi, 439

Fan Ke, 418

fanle (putting away musical instruments), 893–894

Fan Li, 340

Fan Pang, 759

Fan Rukui, 721

Fan Wenzheng, 53, 111, 133, 203

Fan Zhongxuan, 60

Fan Zhongyan, 852, 955

farewell party, 981–984

farming. See agriculture

father, 108

Fei Qin, 515

Feishui River, 870

female entertainers, 67–68, 67n53, 75, 233, 787–789

female shamans, 393–396

female slaves, 233–234, 788

Feng Daogen, 639

Feng Huan, 241

Feng Youlong, 84

Feng Yuan, 500

Feng Zan, 637–638

ferries: availability of, 881–882

excessive taxes on, 393–396

Kaech’aejin, 881–882

Mengjin, 879

fetishism, 822–823

feudal lords, 5–6

fields: in equal-field system, 416, 416n210

in land administration, 271–274

paddy, 283–284

shapes of, 262–263

slash-and-burn, 308–309

in well-field-with-nine-tribute system, 308, 308n67

Fierce Dragon Army (Longmenjun), 639–640

filial piety: caring for elderly and, 189–190

Confucius and, 512

longstanding abuses of, 511–514

publicized, 510–511

Finance Planning Commission (Tiaolisi), 414

fish, 855–857

fishing taxes, 389–390

Five Army Garrisons (Ogunmun, Oyŏngmun, Ogunyŏng), 558, 889

five cardinal principles of morality, upholding, 642–651

five ceremonies, 460, 460n122

Five Classics, 2

five concealments, 966

Five Division (Ogunmun), 224, 224n25

Five Dynasties History, 1019

five gains, 967

five-horse formation (omadae), 598

five-household watch system, 357–360

The Five Human Relationships Illustrated (Oryun haengsildo), 497, 500

five losses, 967

five neighboring households (wu), 494–499, 785

five punishments (ohyŏng), 744

Five Rites of State (Kukcho oryeŭi), 461, 490, 891

five thefts, 956

flattery, 238

flogging: on buttock, 756–757

reckless, 754–756

yamen clerks and, 227

flood prevention: from dam building, 853–854

importance of, 854–855

in waterway and reservoir management, 211, 853–855

food: at banquet for elderly, 190–191

Chinese, 424

cooked meat, 470

cutting down on, 897

distributed to elderly, 192–193

dry, 470

for entertainment of guests, 461–463, 469–471

famine relief and, 896–897

frugality and, 135–139

at garden banquets, 484

for governor, rule for serving to, 466–468

for inauguration, 34–35

for interpreters, 485–486

luxurious, in ruling of household, 115

for men in exile, 773–776

in preparation of relief supplies, 896–897

for prisoners, 765–768

for relief camps, 946–947

rice vessels for, 469–471

ritual, 139–140

soup, 470

tables of, 461–462, 465–466

during travel, 28

tribute, 480

wet, 470

food-provision official (sousu duwei), 420

food steward (shanfu), 894

Forbidden Soldiers (Kŭmgun), 780

forcible tax collection (kŏmdok), 303

foreign envoys, escorting of, 185. See also imperial envoys, of China

foreign shipwrecks, 185–188

forests. See mountain forest cultivation and management

forgery: of authorization paper, 680

of genealogy and letters of appointment, 585–587

in lawsuits, 672–673

of official seals, 795–796

of personal records, 570, 585–587

in trial hearings II, 707–709

formations. See battle formations

formula for principal and accrued interest (chamo chŏngsik), 702

fortresses: Changsan, 869–870

Ch’oksŏk, 871

earthen, 872–873

Heliancheng, 872

mountain, 333–335

Nŭnghan, 871

Shitou, 872

small, 873–874

Suwŏn, 875

terrain of, 838–839

fortress repair: earthen fortification, 872–873

emergency construction, 870–871

importance of, 868–870

moats in, 868–870

in public works administration, 868–876

requisition orders for, 188

of small fortresses, 873–874

timing of, 871–872

for tourism, 875–876

fostering orphans (chayu): establishment of, 193–194

government supplying provisions for, 197–198

for love of people, 193–198

orphans as heirs or slaves and, 196–197

parents’ poverty and, 194–195

poor harvests and, 195–196

foundries (nojŏm), 842–843

Four Books, 2

four classes of people (samin), 945

four kinds of poor people (sagung), 198

fraud: in household registration, 355–356

investigation of, in law of taxation I, 294–295

fraudulent designation of disaster areas (wijae), 280–281

friends: benefits bestowed on, 146–147

monks, 61

personal favors and, 128–130, 132–133

Frost Descent (Sanggang), 942–943

frugality: clothing and, 135–139

entertainment and, 139–140, 142–143

extreme, 145

food and, 135–139

goods provided by servants and, 143–144

importance of, 15, 134

integrity and, 83–86

rule as foundation of, 135

sacrificial rites and, 139–140

self-discipline and, 134–145

supplies used by inner quarters and, 141–142

waste of materials and, 145

fruit farming, 428

Fu Bi, 897, 905

fufen (grievance caused by unjust imprisonment), 761, 761n212

Fu Han, 66

funeral: garments, 700

preparation for, 404

thieves using biers and, 808–810

Funeral Regulatory Bureau (Kwihusŏ), 833

funeral shaman (changmu), 691

Fu Qi, 733, 771

Fu Qing, 724

Fu Rong, 813

Fu Sengyou, 66

Fu Sheng, 494

Fu Yan, 3, 681

Fu Yaoyu, 167

Fu Zhao, 32

Gai Juyuan, 85

gambling, 340, 703–704, 790–791

games, 790

gantang tree, 1016

Gao Dingzi, 673

Gao Dounan, 1003

Gao Fu, 823

Gao Jiong, 656

Gao Jixuan, 807

Gao Qianzhi, 810–811

Gao Yao, 724

Gao You, 808, 813–814

garden banquets, 484

gardening, 415–417

Gardens of Persuasion (Shuoyuan) (Liu Xiang), 202

gatekeepers: evaluation of, 256

subordination of, 229–231

taxes collected by, 231

gateways, suspending searches at, 893–894

gazebo, 862–863

genealogy, forged, 585–587

General Records of the District (Ŭpch’onggi), 23

generosity: integrity and, 105–106

setting body in order and, 59–60

generous treatment of sick (kwanjil): epidemics and, 206–208

exemption from compulsory labor, 205

hunchbacks and invalids, 205–206

love of people and, 205–208

natural calamities and, 207

soldiers exhausted by cold and hunger, 206

Geng Chun, 8, 1017

Geng Gong, 617

Geng Ju, 414

gentry: chief of, 236

exclusive irrigation by, 851–852

fairness and, 694

problems reported by, 40–42

status of, 532–533, 539

geomancers, 690–692

geomancy, 266–267, 275, 686–687, 689

Ge Rong, 643

ghosts: haunting by, 31–32

seven, 728, 728n162

types of, 436–437

gift money (ch’ŏngnye), 339

gifts, integrity and, 89–91

ginseng tax, 840–842

giving commands (horyŏng), 597

goats, 425, 448

gold mines, 842–844

Gong Chengxing, 1002–1003

Gonggongshi, 434

Gongli (ghosts of feudal princes), 436

Gong Sui, 415, 571, 665, 799–800

Gong Sunhong, 722

Gongsun Jingmao, 411

Gongsun Qiao (Zichan), 247, 247n59, 437–438, 639, 879

Gongsun Shu, 985, 985n28

Gongyi Xiu, 82–83

goods: bestowed in famine relief, 903–904

price of, 97–99, 490

saved during enemy attack, 653–654

servants providing, 143–144

stolen, dealers in, 799. See also manufacturing goods

Goujian, King, 199

Gou Tai, 666

government: cruel, 407

education of people related to, 492–494

expenditures, solicitation of contributions reducing, 923–924

orphans supplied provisions from, 197–198

property, stolen, 718. See also local government, matters relating to

government-reserved forests (pongsan), 826–829, 831–832

governor: aides of, 487–488

chief escort officials providing for, 488

distribution of grain and, 331–332

entertainment of, 463–468

evaluation of, 257–260

grain-lending abuses and, 312

greeting of, 159–160

harmful orders of, 163–164

inspection tour of, 463–465

investigation by, through agents, 251–253

kye association villages inspected by, 373–374

provincial, administrative assistant to, 161–162

public depository and, 362–366

punishment ordered by, 163

responsibilities of, 152–153

rule for serving food to, 466–468

security officers of, 465

special favors from, 160–161

staff of, 298

grain: clerks in charge of, 946

deities, 38

distribution of, 329–333

emergency, releasing of, 313

for famine relief, 897–903, 908–909, 932–933, 947–948, 965–971

kept for personal purposes, 317–318

New Year’s holiday, dispensations on, 337

in preparation of relief supplies, 897–900, 906–908

quality of, 327

for relief of labor services, 406–407, 406n182

reserve, taxes paid in, 464

sacrificial, prepared early, 447–448

sold at reduced price, 932–933

storage, 328

substitute, 319–320, 333

successful gathering of, 326–328

theft of, 331

trading of, at riverside or estuaries, 908–909

transportation, 183–185, 303–304, 901–903

winnowing of, 947–948

grain administration I: grain-lending abuses and, 310–324

reports on grain loans and, 325–326

state-sponsored grain loans and, 309–312

taxes and, 309–326

grain administration II: allocation of grain loans to households and, 338–339

embezzlement of grain loans and, 339–343

grain distribution and, 329–333

for granaries outside district capital, 328–329

New Year’s dispensations and, 337

order to raise cash and, 333

people near mountain fortress and, 333–335

pyŏlhwan and, 335–337

reduced quantity of grain loans and, 337–338

substitute grain and, 333

successful gathering of grain and, 326–328

taxes and, 326–343

Grain in Ear, 942–943, 971

grain-lending system (chojŏk), 309–311

grain loans: abuses of, 310–324

allocation of, 338–339

embezzlement of, 339–343

natural disaster victims and, 208

providing grain seed and provisions, 893–894

reduced quantity of, 337–338

reports on, 325–326

state-sponsored, 309–312

with suspended payment, 321

turned grain loan into tax, 321–322

granary: Discourse on the Granary and, 311–312

Ever-Normal, 905, 910, 912

military provisions stored in, 334

Narip’o, 907

opening of, 301–303, 909–911

outside district capital, 328–329

people prohibited from, 302–303

P’ohang, 907

Righteous, 899

salt, 391

slaves, 231–234

standardized weights and measures in, 891–892

villages, protection of, 376

yamen clerks in, 231–234

granary keeper (canren), 893

grand councilor of the Secretariat (munha p’yŏngjangsa), 633

grand master of cemeteries (modafu), 685

grand minister of education, 492

gratitude: in hardship, 775

solicitation of contributions and, 973

in taking leave of king, 22–23

grave sites: exhumation of, 693, 739

number of paces for, 688–689

protection privilege for, 689

state law concerning, 688–694

trial hearings over, 684–697

gravity, setting body in order and, 62–65

Great Learning, 655–656, 669

The Great Ming Code: on administration of justice, 693, 725, 734, 737–738, 757, 762, 764, 767, 790–791, 818

on administration of military affairs, 621

on personnel administration, 233

on public service, 156

on public works administration, 859–862, 891–892

on rites and ceremonies, 535

greatness of character, 618–619

The Great Qing Legal Code (Da Qing Luli), 540, 790–791

Great Spirit Li, 436

The Great Tradition of Classic of History (Shangshu dachuan), 494

greed: Confucius on, 797

integrity and, 83–86

manufacturing goods and, 885–888

severity and, 96

greeting governor (yŏnmyŏng), 159–160

groundless rumors, 619–620

Gu An, 877

Guancheng Post Station, 858

guanfa (household registration law), 343–345, 348

Guangjiqiao Bridge, 880–881

Guangwu, Emperor, 163

Guan Lu, 453

Guan Qiuchang, 771–772

Guan Yiwu, 461

guardian deities, 38, 435, 438–439

guardian of waterways (chuanheng), 844

Gu Biao, 1017

guesthouses, painting and repairs of, 490–491

guests: honored, banquets for, 468–471

official, 142–143

residents as, 126–128

in ruling of household, 110–111. See also entertainment

Gu Gongyan, 685

Gu Huangzhong, 101

Gui Rong, 877–878

Guliang, 896

gunpowder, 607–609

Guo Chong, 666

Guo Chun, 638

Guo Fen, 851–852

Guo Ji, 996, 1017

Guo Mo, 910

Guo Pu, 686, 686n74

Guo Song, 639

Guo Tuotuo, 427, 427n245

Guo Yan, 855

Guo Ziyi, 473, 617

Gutian. See Lin Yongzhong

Gu Xianzhi, 675

Hai Rui, 16, 471–472, 1007

half-damage magistrates (pansil t’aesu), 681

Ham Uch’i, 506

Han, King, 873

Han Bao, 802–803

Han Boyu, 501

Han Chi, 53, 56, 58, 69, 168, 239, 988

Han Huang, 237

Han Iksang, 982–983

Han Jiang, 475

Han Kang, 383

Han Kŭkil, 626

Han Kwangjŏn, 233

Han Myŏnghoe, 905

Han Qi (Weigong), 55, 63–64, 168–169, 626–627, 772, 806, 905, 913

Han River, 833

Han Shao, 909

Han Weigong. See Han Qi

Han Wen, 519

Han Yanshou, 47, 168, 216, 494–495, 503–504, 785, 1005

Han Yi, 112, 666–667, 716–717

Han Yu, 953, 1004, 1011, 1017

Han Zhen, 723–724

Han Zongzhe, 678

Hao Zhao, 630

harshness, 95–96

harvests: cotton, 584

good, 379

investigation of, 282

poor, 195–196, 308–309, 320, 333, 379, 584

hats, 537

haunted offices, 31–32

Ha Yunwŏn, 1019

headmaster, selection of, 525–528

head taxes, 354, 407–408

heavy clubs (chunggon), 746–747

heavy service for people of good status (yangyŏk), 578–581

heavy stick (chang), 744–745

heavy stick (kyŏlgon), 744

Hebo (river god), 819

Hedan, 653–654

hefa (household registration law), 343–344, 348

Hefang Shi, 876

heirs: inheritance property and, 697–698, 697n92

law designating, 698–699

orphans as, 196–197

Helian Bobo, 872

Heliancheng Fortress, 872

helper (yaren), 909

hemp shoes, 393–396

Henei Commandery, 909

Heng Yue, 114

herbs, for famine relief, 956–958

herders, 583, 583n42

hermits, 797–798, 797n294

He Wenyuan, 505

He Wu, 1019

He Xu, 136

He Yiyu, 471

high-ranking commoners (hansanin), 440

History of the District of Chenliu, 1014

History of Koryŏ, 25, 524

History of Ming, 1004

History of Tangerine (Kyulsa), 836–837

History of the Northern Dynasties, 509, 759, 800, 891, 984

History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), 30, 681, 718, 724, 733, 753, 771

Hŏ Chil, 715–716

Hŏ Chin, 652

Hŏ Cho, 156, 508

Hŏ Chŏk, 180, 207, 481

Hoean Chŏng, 646

Hŏ Ho, 652

Hŏ Hu, 781

holidays, prisoners spending at home, 770–771

Hŏ Mansŏk, 848

homicide: abandonment of children as, 194

accidental, 729

cases, villages ruined from, 727–732

concealed, 731

official reports on, 170–171

requisition orders for service and, 182–183

slaughtering of oxen as, 794–795

honey, 363–364

Hong Ch’ŏhu, 654

Hong Ch’ŏjŏng, 444

Hong Ch’ŏryang, 899

Hong Hao, 929–930

Hong Hon, 695

Hong Hŭisin, 626

Hong Iil, 149–150

Hong Kasin, 628

Hong Kyŏngnae’s rebellion, 538, 538n317, 619, 625, 650–651, 843

Hong Mujŏk, 654

Hong Myŏngha, 335

Hong Ŏk, 285

Hong Pyŏngdŏk, 816

Hong Shi, 672

Hong Yunsŏng, 451

honor, preservation of, 567

honored guests, banquets for, 468–471

horses: breeding of, 793

changing, 491

fund for, 386

herders of, 583, 583n42

law on hiring, 385–386

in lawsuits, 678

military, 595

money collected for hiring or raising, 367

pairs of, 111–112

post, 373

slaughtering for private purposes, 792–795

for traveling, 12–13, 385–386

tribute, 402–403

Hou Ba, 991

Hou Ji, 264, 264n13, 845

Hou Jing, 642–643

House for Nourishing the People (Juyangyuan), 934

household, ruling of: bribes and, 119–121

brothers in, 109–110

children in, 109, 118–119, 123–124

concubines and, 122–123

dresses and, 113–114

father in, 108

guests in, 110–111

house with the law in, 123–124

importance of, 107–108

inner quarters and, 121–122

luxurious food and, 115

mother in, 108, 123–124

self-discipline and, 107–124

wife in, 109, 123–124

woman’s quarters and, 116–119

women traveling and, 111–113

household-based association (hogye), 371–372

household-based associations (kyeho), 372

household-based taxes (horyŏm), 377–378

household cloth tax (hop’o), 407–408, 557

household register (chŏngdan), 354–355, 357–360

household registration: administration of, in disarray, 345–347

collection of imposts and, 354–355

as foundation of corvée services, 343–345

fraud in, 355–356

investigation of sites and, 347–350

irregularities in, 352

laws, 343–345, 348

records of, 347–350

regulations, public proclamation of, 356–357

taxes and, 343–360

total number of households proclaimed from, 350–352

Household Registration Office (Hojŏkch’ŏng), 351–352, 354, 357

household seats, 347–350

households following the magistrate (suishihu), 1019

household survey (ch’imgip’yo), 919

household watch systems, 357–360

House of Phoenix Tree (Pyŏgohŏn), 860

Hŏ Yŏp, 498–499

Hua Hai, 699

Huainanzi, 452, 452n100

Hua Nanjin, 217

Huang Ba, 237–238, 246, 415, 571, 665–666, 995–996

Huang Bao, 89

Huang Chao, 631, 961

Huang Congshi, 521

Huangfu Long, 420

Huang Gan, 74

Huang Tinglan, 128

Hua Ziyu, 982

Hu Changru, 681–683

Hu Cheng, 912–913

Hu Dachu, 97, 103, 117, 129–130

on administration of justice, 658–659, 710, 744, 752, 764, 766, 769

assuming office and, 47

famine relief and, 907

Key Words by, 4

personnel administration and, 226, 251

on rites and ceremonies, 526–527, 532

self-discipline and, 52

taxes and, 409–410

hunchbacks, 205–206

hunger, in prison, 765–768

hunting instruction, 594

Huo Guang, 1002

Hu Shouan, 115

Hu Tinggui, 503

Hu Wei, 104–105

Hu Wending, 228

Huyang, Princess, 777

Hu Yuan, 520

Hu Zhi, 104–105

Hwang Chin, 209, 649

Hwang Chingi, 172

Hwang Ch’ŏsin, 628

Hwang Chullyang, 342, 522

Hwanghae Province: rules for entertainment of Chinese imperial envoys, 482–492

sable fur produced in, 840–842

taxation customs of, 306–308

hwangjangmok pinewood, 401, 831–832

Hwang U, 451

Hyojong, King, 262, 268, 767, 779, 970

Hyŏnjong, King, 651–652, 849, 936, 957

Hyujŏng (Master Sŏsan), 395, 395n165

ice storage, 403–404, 403n175

Ignorant Talk of a Country Man (Yain udam), 111

Ihak t’ongnok (General Records of Neo-Confucian Philosophers from the Song and Yuan to the Ming Period), 683, 683n57

illegitimate children, 699

illness: of cows, 422–423

injury caused by beating, 764–765

of magistrate, 1008

plague, 951–953

in prison, 764–765. See also generous treatment of sick

Im Che, 380

Imhae, Prince, 778

Imjin War, 224, 607, 878

immoral behavior, setting body in order and, 65–72

imperial embassy, of China, 477, 479, 482–492

imperial envoys, of China, 477–492

imposts, collection of, 354–355

imprisonment. See judgment and imprisonment

Im Tam, 160–161

Im Yunsŏk, 816, 969

inauguration: assuming office and, 33–39

auspicious day for, 33–34

food for, 34–35

meditation and, 36–37

paying respects at shrines and, 38–39

sleeping in neighboring district before, 32–33

weather for, 33–34

yamen giving courtesies in, 34–36

indictment, drafting, 752

indigenous products, special, 92–95

influenza epidemic, 208

inheritance property, 697–698, 697n92

Injo, King, 154

injury caused by beating, 764–765

inner quarters: in ruling of household, 121–122

supplies used by, 141–142

inns, 883–884

“Inscriptions on the Office Wall of Assistant Magistrate of Lantian District” (“Lantian xuancheng tingbi ji”) (Han Yu), 1004

“Inscription on the Office Wall of the Prefect of Daozhou” (Yuan Jie), 1020

insects, harmful, 212

Instruction in Military Science (Pyŏnghak chinam), 596–598, 616

Instructions for the People (Yumin) (Qi Lun), 500

Instructions on Governing the Districts (Ch’ihyŏngyŏl), 32, 36, 42–44, 48, 54

Integrated Edition of the Local Rites and Ceremonies (Hyangnye happ’yŏn), 529

integrity, 14, 77–78

books for, 36

bribery and, 88–89

carelessness and, 96–97

complaints about, 87–88

expense records and, 102–103

extreme actions and, 95–96

frugality and, 83–86

generosity and, 105–106

gifts and, 89–91

grades of, 81–82

as great honor, 106–107

greed and, 83–86

high esteem from, 91–92

importance of, 80–82

magistrate’s birthday and, 103

paying market price and, 97–99

publicized, 510–511

self-discipline and, 80–107

silence about benefits, predecessor’s mistakes and, 103–105

special indigenous products and, 92–95

taking household and, 109

warrant for silk, drapery and, 101–102

wisdom and, 82–83

wrongful customs and, 99–101

interest, on private loans, 702–703, 702n105

interpreters, 485–486

interrogating stick (sinjang), 744–745, 756–757

interrogation: reports, 735

by superior officer, 162–163

of thieves, 745–746

invalids, 205–206

investigatory official (yŏmgaek), 252

ipbon (making money through loans), 314–315, 317

iron expenses, 867

iron mines, 842–844

irrigation: equipment, 889

exclusive, 851–852

reservoirs created for, 845–848

Isŏpjŏng Pavilion, 862

Jade Spring of Royal Genealogy (Sŏnwŏn poryak), 585

Japanese guesthouses or trading posts (waegwan), 840

Japanese invasion, 641–642, 648–650, 652, 838, 878–879

jar walls (ongsŏng), 873

Jia Biao, 194

Jiajing, Emperor, 635

Ji An, 79–80, 909

Jiang Bin, 180

Jiang Deming, 475

Jiang Deyuan, 475

Jiang Jie, 724

Jiang Qian, 154–155

Jiang Yan, 473

Jiang Yao, 65, 180, 476–477

Jiang You, 800

Jiang Zu, 1016–1017

Jian Yi, 997

Jiao Qianzhi, 519–520

Jiao Tong, 501

Jiaqing, Emperor, 619

Ji Ben, 720

Ji Kangzi, 797

Jing, Duke, 453

Jingchuan’s Treatise on Military Matters (Jingchuan wubian), 618

Jing Guojun, 699

Jingyou, Emperor, 906

Jinyang, 334, 334n96

Jin Ying, 475

Jiqi (deity), 435

Ji Sunsu, 461

Ji Wuzi, 698–699

Ji Xin, 439

Juan Buyi, 716

judges, traveling, 99–100

judgment and imprisonment: in administration of justice, 709–739

books of codified laws and, 724–726

cases, judged as if inspired by divine spirit, 663–665

cautious sentencing in, 709–711

clear decisions without delay and, 718–720

concerning human life, 726–727

depositions and, 734–735

exhumation of corpses for autopsy and, 739

false accusations and, 733–734

indefinite imprisonment, 718

legal deadlines for, 735–737

literal reading of law in, 722–724

mistaken decisions in, 720–721

periods of responsibility for crimes and, 737–739

quiet release from, 711–714

of ringleader, 714–716

second review in, 716–718

for stealing government property, 718

torture in, 732–733

for unforgivable crimes, 721–722

unjust, 711–714, 761, 761n212

villages ruined from, 727–732

judicious enforcement of punishments: administration of justice and, 739–758

anger and, 742–744, 751

categories of punishments in, 739–742

clubs used in, 745–747

leniency in, 752–754

maximum strokes of, 744–746

rebuking runners and, 742–744

reckless flogging, 754–756

torture of elderly and children prohibited in, 757–758

undesirability of, 747–752

vicious punishments and, 758

Julong (deity), 435

Junmo. See Cai Xiang

justice, administration of: in China, 713

compassion for prisoners in, 758–776

Comprehensive National Code on, 694, 746

eliminating threats and harm, 796–824

Essays of Tasan on, 659, 773, 824

The Great Ming Code on, 693, 725, 734, 737–738, 757, 762, 764, 767, 790–791, 818

Hu Dachu on, 658–659, 710, 744, 752, 764, 766, 769

judgment and imprisonment, 709–739

judicious enforcement of punishments, 739–758

National Code on, 669, 688, 691, 693–694, 697, 699, 702–703

prohibition of tyrannical abuses, 776–796

propriety and, 164–165

Rites of Zhou on, 759

Supplement to the National Code on, 689–692, 694, 700–704, 725, 742, 746–747, 762, 765, 788, 792, 794

trial hearings I on, 655–684

trial hearings II on, 684–709

Zheng Xuan on, 657–658, 661–662, 684–687, 709–711, 751, 759

Zhu Xi and, 694–695, 721–722, 794

kabun (releasing grain that should be preserved for emergencies), 313

Kaech’aejin Ferry, 881–882

kajip (additional grain taxes collected for lending and profiteering), 315

Kalŭi Gŏsa, 797–798, 797n294

kamsŏn (cutting down on foods and side dishes), 897

Kang Ch’wi, 654

Kang Myŏnggil, 690

kangp’ae (game), 790

Kang Pak, 458

Kang Sugon, 149

Kangwŏn region, 306–308

Kang Yanmin, 996

Kang Yuhu, 480–481, 503, 511, 841–842

Key Words (Xuyan) (Hu Dachu), 4

kijungga (pulley), 832, 875

Ki Kŏn, 138, 509, 856

kiln, 866–867

Kim Allo, 557

Kim Am, 212, 616

Kim Ch’i, 452

Kim Chil, 862–863

Kim Chingyu, 938

Kim Chisŏk, 100

Kim Chongjik, 553, 553n362, 862–863

Kim Ch’ŏnil, 649

Kim Ch’ungyŏng, 860

Kim Hich’ae, 211–212

Kim Hijip, 200

Kim Hongjin, 380

Kim Hŭi, 1011

Kim Hwangwŏn, 816

Kim Hwŏn, 634

Kim Hyŏnsŏng, 78

Kim Hyosŏng, 779

Kim Hyowŏn, 451

Kim I, 653–654

Kim Ikgyŏng, 46

Kim Iksun, 651

Kim Inmun, 869–870, 869n88

Kim Ku, 272

Kim Kyehŭi, 1011

Kim Kyŏngsŏk, 635

Kim Kyŏngson, 633–634, 640–641

Kim Paekgyŏm, 861

Kim P’iljin, 502, 905

Kim Pyŏngwang, 21

Kim Samok, 696–697

Kim Sanghŏn, 120, 120n234

Kim Sangmuk, 695–696

Kim Seryŏm, 500–501

Kim Simin, 648

Kim Sŏgu, 881

Kim Sŏkju, 916

Kim Sŏngil (Hakbong), 159, 871

Kim Su, 149

Kim Suhang, 150, 195

Kim Sunum, 642

Kim Suryŏng, 863

Kim Tŏgwŏn, 788–789

Kim Tonggŏm, 325

Kim Ŭnbu, 651–652

Kim Wŏnjŏng, 646

Kim Yŏnggu, 149

Kim Yŏnggyŏn, 970

Kim Yŏnsu, 450–451

Kim Yu, 250–251

Kim Yuk, 268

Kim Yusŏn, 860

kings: impartiality of, 904–905

local products offered to, 651–652

magistrates as, 5

people’s request for longer stay granted by, 992–993

sage, 825–826, 843. See also taking leave of king

Ko Chonghu, 649

Kogukch’ŏn, King, 309

komago (horse fund), 386

Kong Daofu, 822

Kong Fen, 115, 985

kŏngga (entertainment expenses), 487

Kong Huan, 198

Kong Ji, 95, 988–989

Kong Kui, 447

Kongmin, King, 652

kongno (aging without promotion), 611, 613

Kong Wenju, 814

Kong Xun, 814–815

Kong Yingda, 435

Kou Xun, 992, 996

Kuang Heng, 1002–1003

Kuang Zhong, 217–219

Kudi Shiwen, 96

Kudŭng yŏnbun system, 269, 269n19

kuhwan (grain loans with suspended payment), 321

Ku Hyoyŏn, 652

Kuk Kyŏngin, 629

Kŭmsŏngdang, 820, 820n350

Kŭm Yu, 213–214

kunjagok (grain for famine relief), 900

kunjangmi (grain fund for famine relief), 900

kwagŏ (civil service examination), 243

Kwak Chaeu, 650

Kwak Chun, 650

Kwak Ch’ungnyong, 641

Kwak Ŭn, 1007

kwaye (exams given in county school), 541–542, 546, 554–556

Kwŏn Ch’angŏn, 914

Kwŏn Chŏk, 511

Kwŏn Ch’ullan, 71

Kwŏn Chun, 625

Kwŏn Hwa, 822

Kwŏn Il, 117

Kwŏn Mok, 342

Kwŏn Ŏm, 78, 690

Kwŏn Su, 839

Kwŏn Supyŏng, 525

Kwŏn Taejae, 162

Kwŏn Tan, 101

Kwŏn Wŏn, 216–217

kye association villages (kyebang): abolished, 374–375, 581–583

corvée services and, 371–375

funds raised through, 377

governor’s inspection and, 373–374

increase in, 98

types of, 371–372

kyego (raising funds through kye associations), 377

kyŏl system, 261–264, 268–269

Kyŏnggi Province: barren lands in, 268–269

number of officials in, 381

taxation customs of, 306–308

Kyŏng Sebong, 101

kyŏnyŏch’on (villages designated to carry sedan chairs), 404

labor-service requirements, reduced (chili), 893–894

Lai Juchen, 761

Lake of Official Life (Huanzepian) (Zheng Hanfeng), 4

land: barren, 268–269

extra, 300–301

grouped into unit, 288–290, 292–294

lawsuits over, 672–675

leftover, 300

measuring system, 261–264

military owning, 276–278, 304–305, 375–376

royal families owning, 276–278, 304–305, 375–376, 786

schools owning, 375–376

seizing of, 786–787

taxes, 175–177, 360–361, 465

unaccounted-for, investigation of, 375–376. See also abandoned lands

land administration: abandoned lands and, 266, 269–271, 274–276

cadastral survey in, 264–265

decreased revenue from, 276–278

difficulty of, 261–262

disasters and, 280

just and fair law for, 267–268

measuring system for, 261–264

numbers established for, 268–269

quadrate fields in, 271–274

rules, understanding of, 265–267

taxes and, 261–278

land-based taxes (kyŏllyŏm), 377–378

land-equalization system. See equal-field system

land farming, 427–428

lands of iron (ch’ŏlgyŏl), 300–301

land taxes, 175–177, 360–361, 465

Lang Jian, 669–670

lanterns, silk-covered, 486

A Large Bundle (Hongbao) (Tu Long), 931

large clubs (taegon), 746

lashing, 742

late beans, 954

launching pad, for crossbow, 617–618

law, observing: caution in, 156–157

against illegal logging, 837

literal reading in, 722–724

local ordinances, 158

precedents in, 157–158

pressure in, 157

public service and, 156–158

against selling military weapons, 827

law-enforcement officials, 229–230

law of bribery, 827

law of collective prosecution (yŏnchwa), 774

law of “Eight Offenses,” 506, 506n226

law of nine taxes, 360

Law of Sacrifices, 434–436

law of taxation I: chakbu and, 288–290, 292–294

disasters and, 280–282, 284–288

insignificant amounts collected with, 278–280

inspections and, 282–284

investigation of fraudulent figures and, 294–295

reports and, 284–286

taxes determined from, 278–295

tax extortion by yamen clerks and, 290–292

law of taxation II: exploited tenants and, 304–305

extra lands and, 300–301

forcible collection of, 303

loading and shipping of grain and, 303–304

provincial quota system and, 308–309, 308n68

regional customs and, 305–308

tablet of taxation and collection in, 295–300

taxes determined from, 295–309

tax paid in rice and, 301–303

Law of Three Deadlines in Legal Proceedings (Samhanbŏp), 736–737

law on hiring horses (komabŏp), 385–386

Laws and Regulations (Fafan) (Liu Yi), 3

Laws on Penal Affairs, 689

Laws on Rituals, 689

lawsuits: abandoned lands and, 270

against brothers, 503–507

children in, 665–672

community compact discouraging, 497–498

Confucius on, 655–656

damage caused by, 692

descriptions of, 42–44

exaggerated incidents made into, 661

family involved in, 503–507, 665–672

forgery in, 672–673

horses in, 678

over land, 672–675

sample rulings, 42. See also justice, administration of; trial hearings I; trial hearings II

learning: elementary studies in, 517–518

headmaster selection and, 525–528

by intelligent youth, 549–551

literature in, 244–245, 517–518

nurturing and, 1

promotion of, in rites and ceremonies, 515–530

repairing and managing of schools and, 523–525

self-cultivation and, 1–2

from teacher, 519–522

left assistant, 236–237

leftover lands (yŏgyŏl), 300

legal deadlines, for imprisonment cases, 735–737

legalism, study of (xingming xue), 724–725

leg-screw torture (churi), 756, 756n196, 758

leisure, setting body in order and, 54–56

leniency, in judicious enforcement of punishments, 752–754

letters, anonymous, 621–624

letters of appointment, 585–587, 903–904

letters of appointment with no names (kongmyŏngch’ŏp), 903–904

letters of complaint, 659–660

liaison storehouses (didian shui): corvée services and, 392–393

excessive taxes on, 393–396

Lian Fan, 210, 636–637

Liang Fang, 781

Liang Zang, 723

Liang Zhang, 781

Liao Qin, 1018

Li Bai, 91, 547

Li Bangbai, 93

Li Baozhen, 8

Li Bing, 847

Li Can, 771

Li Cheng, 719

Li Chong, 803

Li Cong, 796

Li Fan, 442

Li Feng, 753

“Life of Chen Sheng,” 539, 539n319

“Life of Fan Pang,” 759

“Life of Sima Qian,” 759

“Life of Song Youdao,” 759

“The Life of Wei Qing,” 539, 539n321

Li Gao, 382, 910

light corporal punishments (hahyŏng), 739–742

light service for people of low status (ch’ŏnyŏk), 578–581

light stick (t’aehyŏng), 745

Li Hao, 783

Li Heng, 681

Li Hui, 681

Li Ji, 73, 475, 782–783

Li Jie, 668

Li Jin, 676

Li Jing, 617

Li Ju, 639

Li Junshi, 992–993

Li Kuangyuan, 724

Li Kui, 845, 897

Li Kun, 199–200

Li Li, 164, 727

Li Mian, 988

Lin E, 442–443

linen (palnaep’o), 240

Ling Hutao, 27, 79

Lin Ji, 717

Lin Jun, 821–822

Lin Xiyuan, 930–931

Lin Yongzhong (Gutian), 520

Li Ping, 644

Li Qian, 95

Li Qiangong, 989

Li Ruogu, 112, 668

Li Rusong, 336

Lishanshi (Yandi Shennong), 434

Li Shen, 666–667

Lisheqiao Bridge, 880

Li Shi, 891

Li Shun, 676

Li Suzhi, 869

Li Tangzi, 521

literary competition (paegiljang), 541–542, 545

literary styles: six types of, 544

vulgarity of, 546–549

literati, 127, 534, 539

burial of, 685

in exile, 775

famine and, 945

literature, learning of, 244–245, 517–518

Liu, Lady, 122n236

Liu Bang, 310, 408

Liu Bi, 115

Liu Boji, 999–1000

Liu Chang, 412, 639

Liu Chong, 981–982

Liu Chongzhi, 504

Liu Di, 1000

Liu Gang, 994–995

Liu Gong, 783

Liu Gongchuo, 217, 870

Liu Gongquan, 63

Liu Gongren, 136–137

Liu Guinian, 450

Liu Hao, 817

Liu Hong, 206

Liu Huaiwei, 136

Liu Jianhu, 800

Liu Ju, 663

Liu Kuan, 62, 752

Liu Kuang, 656

Liu Kun, 209

Liu Lin, 981–982

Liu Nanhuan, 472

Liu Qi, 617

Liu Qichu, 780

Liu Qing, 805–806

Liu Rong, 770–771

Liu Tianhe, 472–473, 617

Liu Xiang, 202

Liu Xiangong, 699

Liu Xuanming, 66

Liu Yan, 391

Liu Yi, 3, 195–196

Liu Yin, 146

Liu Yong, 999

Liu Yu, 410

Liu Yuancheng, 135, 254

Liu Yuxi, 858, 877

Liu Zan, 115

Liu Zhongying, 37, 77, 780

Liu Zhu, 757