Records of the Annals of the Elephant during the Taejong Period of Joseon Dynasty

 On February 22, King Taejong's 11th year, Won Ui-ji sent a messenger of Japan to dedicate an elephant, which had never existed in Korea. It was ordered to be raised in Sabok-si, and each day, 4,5 heads of beans were consumed. On December 10, the 12th year of King Taejong's reign, Yi Woo, the former assistant secretary, died. At first, the Japanese king sent an envoy to give a martyr, so he ordered them to be raised by the three armies. When Yi Woo said he was a strange beast, he laughed at the ugliness and spat, and the elephant stepped on him in anger and killed him. On November 5, the 13th year of King Taejong's reign, the elephant was ordered to be placed on the sea island of Jeolla-do. Yoo Jeong-hyun, the chief judge of the military, said the truth.   "The tame elephant, which was dedicated in Japan, is no longer an iconoclasm, nor is it beneficial to the country. You've hurt two people, and if the law says it's right to kill a person. In addition, there are almost hundreds of beans that are fed a year, so please copy the death of the king who drove away the rhinos and elephants and put them in Jeolla-do Province." The king laughed and followed. On May 3, 14 of King Taejong's reign, the tamed elephant was ordered to be sent out to land. According to a Jeolla-do observer, "The tamed elephant is grazed in Suncheonbu Jangdo Island, but he is emaciated day by day because he does not eat water plants, and when he sees people, he shed tears," so the king heard and sent it to the land to raise it as he did at first. Later, on December 28, King Sejong's 2nd year, Jeolla-do observer said, "Elephant is not useful, so I ordered four local officials in the province to feed them. There are not many harmful effects, and only the people in the province suffer, so I will order them to raise them." Later, on March 14, the 3rd year of King Sejong's reign, a Chungcheong-do observer said, "A species that raised elephants in Gongju was bitten by an elephant and died. It's not beneficial to the country, and the feed and beans are ten times more than other beasts, so two rolls of rice a day, one horse of beans a day, that is, 48 islands of rice consumed a year, and 24 islands of beans. "If you get angry, you will hurt people. It will not only be profitable, but it will be harmful. Put it out to the ranch in the middle of the sea." He said, "Separate the place where the water and grass are good, and give your teeth out so that you do not die of illness." It seems that the damage was terrible to feed an elephant.That's true, elephants don't have anything to eat, so they only have to eat grains like rice and beans, so the damage is terrible.But one interesting thing is that Yoo Jeong-hyun's appeal eats hundreds of beans, but Chungcheong-do observers say that rice eats 48 islands and beans eat 24 islands.