Cheomhae Isageum沾解尼師今

Cheomhae Isageum ascended the throne. He was the younger brother of King Jobun by the same mother.

In the first year, in autumn, the seventh month, he attended at the shrine of the founder. He invested his father Goljeong as Sesin Galmunwang.

Kim Busik comments.

When Emperor Xuan of Han ascended the throne, the officers in charge submitted this. "He who is made another's heir becomes that man's son. Therefore he sets his own father and mother lower and may not sacrifice to them, and this is what honoring the ancestors means. So the father who begot the emperor is called qin (親), his posthumous name is Dao (悼), and his mother is called Dao hou (悼后), ranked with the kings of the feudal states." This agreed with the meaning of the classics and

became a law for ten thousand generations. So Emperor Guangwu of the Later Han and Yingzong of Song took it as their model and acted on it.

In Silla, among the rulers who came in from the royal kin to carry on the great succession, there is not one who failed to honor his own father and invest him as king. Nor is that all: there are cases where a father-in-law was invested as well. This is not according to rite, and it truly cannot be made a law.

In the second year, in spring, the first month, the ichan Janghwon was made seobulhan and took part in the government of the country. In the second month an envoy was sent to Goguryeo and peace was made.

In the third year, in summer, the fourth month, the Wa (倭人) killed the seobulhan Uro. In autumn, the seventh month, the Namdang (南堂) was built south of the palace, and Yangbu was made ichan.

In the fifth year, in spring, the first month, he began for the first time to hear government in the Namdang. A man of Hangi division named Budo (夫道)

was poor in his house but never fawning. He was skilled in writing and reckoning, and his name was known in his time. The king called him up, made him achan, and put him in charge of the affairs of the Muljanggo (物藏庫).

In the seventh year, in summer, the fourth month, a dragon appeared in the pond east of the palace. A willow that lay fallen south of Geumseong rose up of itself. No rain fell from the fifth month to the seventh, so prayer and sacrifice were made at the shrine of the founder and at the famed mountains, and then it rained. That year was lean, and there were many thieves.

In the ninth year, in autumn, the ninth month, Baekje came in and raided. The ilbeolchan Ikjong met them in battle west of Goegok and was killed by the enemy. In winter, the tenth month, Baekje struck Bongsanseong but could not take it.

In the tenth year, in spring, the third month, three great fish came out of the sea east of the country. They were three jang long and one jang two cheok high. In winter, the tenth month, on the last day, the sun was eclipsed.

In the thirteenth year, in autumn, the seventh month, there was drought and there were locusts. The year was lean, and there were many thieves.

In the fourteenth year, in summer, heavy rain fell. Hills fell in more than forty places. In autumn, the seventh month, a comet appeared in the east and faded away after twenty-five days.

In the fifteenth year, in spring, the second month, Dalbeolseong was built, and the nama Geukjong was made lord of the fort. In the third month Baekje sent an envoy to ask for peace, but it was not allowed. In winter, the twelfth month, on the twenty-eighth day, the king fell suddenly ill and died.