Letter to the Gyeonggi Inspector on Setting a Granary at Namhansanseong移京畿巡察使南漢山城設倉文
Jingbirok (A Record of Rebuke and Admonition) 懲毖錄 · Ryu Seong-ryong · 1633 (printed; written after the Imjin War) · 2 passages · 99 Chinese characters · reading time 0.7 min
Jingbirok (A Record of Rebuke and Admonition) Book 15 — The Military Headquarters Register A record left by Ryu Seong-ryong, Chief State Councillor, of what he saw with his own eyes after the Imjin War ended. Its title comes from the line, "I rebuke what is past, and take heed against troubles to come." He set down without excuse how the war began and what the court failed to do. His recommendation of Yi Sun-sin, the wrangling with the Ming army, and the suffering the people endured are all recorded as they were.
As for the site for setting a granary at Namhansanseong, let the Defense Commander look it over together with the magistrate of the county itself and report quickly a place fit for setting a granary. This is a matter pressing in time; and now that the labor is to be begun, it is feared that with the ground frozen and strength weak it may not be brought about in good time and the great plan be spoiled. Let this province take particular account of how much labor it will take and give directions as is convenient, so that there be achievement.
Interlinear notes 1
同月二十三日
The twenty-third day of the same month
若本州民力不足則或以其處上番或入番水軍及他有役人除役使之
If the strength of the people of the county itself be short, remit the service of some who serve their turn there, or of the naval troops serving their turn, or of others who have service to render, and put them to work.