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This part of the text contains the English translation of nine chapters in Book VI of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates. The chapters discuss the following: land administration, laws of taxation, grain administration, household registration, justice in levying corvée services, and agriculture.

The English translation of the chapters in Book II of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is presented. The chapters discuss the following: setting the body in order, integrity, ruling the household, rejecting personal requests or favors, frugality, and enjoyment of bestowing benefits.

The English translation of seven chapters in Book VI of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is given. The chapters discuss the following: trial hearings, judgment and imprisonment, judicious enforcement of punishments, compassion for prisoners, prohibition of tyrannical abuses, and eliminating threats and harms.

The English translation of six chapters in Book VII of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is presented. The chapters discuss the following: sacrifices, entertaining guests, educating the people, promoting learning, maintaining social hierarchy and order, and selection and examination.

This section of the book provides the English translation of six chapters in Book VIII of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates. The chapters discuss the following: enlistment for military service, training soldiers, repairing weapons of war, recommending martial arts, domestic disturbances, and defending the district against enemy attack.

This section of the book is the English translation of six chapters in Book I of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates. The chapters discuss the following: appointment, Manners toward Superiors and Subreparations for traveling to the post, taking leave of the king, traveling to the post, inauguration, and conducting official duties.

This section includes the English translation of the chapters in Book III of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates. The chapters discuss the following: edification of the people, observing the law, proper manners toward superiors and subordinates, making official reports, collecting taxes and tribute, and responding to a requisition order for service.

The English translation of six chapters in Book XI of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is shown here. The chapters discuss the following: preparation of relief supplies, solicitation of contributions, the extent of relief measures, setting up camps and organizing relief activities, additional measures for dealing with famine, and concluding relief operations.

The English translation of six chapters in Book XII of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is presented. The chapters discuss the following: replacement and transfer, the baggage of the departing magistrate, the people’s request that the magistrate stay longer, minor offenses and failures, mourning the death of the magistrate, and missing and honoring the late magistrate.

The English translation of six chapters in Book V of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is provided in this section of the text. The chapters discuss the following: taking control of yamen clerks, subordinating petty functionaries and underlings, employing the people for the local government, recommending virtuous men, supervision of personnel, and evaluation of personnel.

This part of the text presents the English translation of six chapters in Book X of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates. The chapters discuss the following: cultivating and managing mountain forests, managing waterways and reservoirs, repair of the yamen office, repair of the fortress, construction and maintenance of roads, and manufacturing goods.

The English translation of the chapters in Book IV of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates is presented here. The chapters discuss the following: caring for the elderly, fostering orphans, saving the poor, commiseration and support for the families of the dead, generous treatment of the sick, saving the victims of natural disasters.