조흡은 1400년 방간의 난 때 공을 세워 1401년에 공전을 받는 한편 무관의 중요한 직에 발탁되어 그 벼슬이 재상의 반열에 올랐다.
Jo-heup was honored in 1401 for his contribution during the Banggan Rebellion in 1400, and was selected for an important position of the military and his government post later rose to the rank of prime minister.