Bakdal Year 3979 (Accession of King Hyojo), Oct 1

The king decreed that the court scribe's record-keeping be completely forbidden. For what the king feared above all was history itself. A court scribe should only document the affairs of the people, not the deeds of the king. Recently, some scribes had sought to record every action of the king while neglecting the deeds of the common folk, a grave sin indeed. Now, the king had already prohibited scribes from documenting his actions, but it would be better if there be no records left for history at all. For the king's deeds must not be constrained by history itself...