At the end of the thirty-first year of Chongning (1811 AD), while the Central Plains was adorned with lanterns and colored banners and families rejoiced, the Shun Dynasty issued an imperial proclamation to the realm: The nation of Japan, fearing our might yet lacking respect for our virtue, has presumptuously broken its alliance and dispatched troops to Joseon, committing unprovoked and brutal massacres that outrage both men and gods, defying all principles of heaven.
King Yi Gong of Joseon, invested by the legitimate rule of our Shun Dynasty, has now submitted a blood-written petition to the Heavenly Court, earnestly begging for the aid of the heavenly troops.
Our dynasty can never sit idly by while a vassal state suffers in distress. Therefore, on the twelfth day of the twelfth month in the thirty-first year of Chongning, we dispatch fifty thousand troops to assist Joseon in repelling the enemy, thereby demonstrating the mighty virtue and renown of our Great Shun!
Chapter 297