E105

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Kim Chŏngguk on

Selected Words of Sajae

Compendium of Remarks on Poetry

Written by Kim Chŏngguk, Compiled by Hong Manjong

E099, E100, E101, E102, E103, E104, E105, E106, E107, E108

Basic Info
Contains	C150, C151, M194
Mentions Person	기준
Mentions Place	온성
Is Part Of	Selected Words of Sajae, Spring

Original Text
奇典翰遵。一日禁直。夢羈旅關外。間關跋涉。吟成近詩一首。異域江山故國同。天涯垂淚倚高峯。雲漠漠河關閉。古木蕭蕭城郭空。野路細分秋草外。人家遙住夕陽中。征帆萬里無回棹。碧海茫茫信不通。忽覺。記夢書館壁。未久。坐己卯儻籍謫湖西。俄又移配北道之穩城。道中所見。皆是詩中景色。控馬諷詠。悽然嗚咽。從者皆揮淚。至穩城尋賜死。可知人事皆有前定。士林傳誦。莫不嗟惋。

Korean Translation

English Translation

One day, while staying in the palace on duty, Third Counselor (chŏnghan) Ki Chun 奇遵 (1492–1521) had a dream in which he traveled outside the capital. He was trudging through rugged roads, and recited a recent style regulated verse along the way. 異域江山故國同天涯垂淚倚高峰頑雲漠漠河關閉古木簫簫城郭空野路細分秋草外人家遙住夕陽中征帆萬里無回棹碧海茫茫信不通 In this unfamiliar land, the rivers and mountains resemble those of my homeland. At the end of the world, I shed tears Leaning against a towering peak. Round clouds gather densely.Rivers close in.Ancient groves rustle.Cities lie empty.Country roads branch out, Stretching beyond the autumn grass.Homes in the distancebask in the setting sun.I sail ten thousand lito where there is no return boat, where the blue sea is boundless, and the letters cannot reach. Suddenly waking up, he remembered the dream and wrote the poem on the wall of the building. Not long after, during the Kimyo Literati Purge (1519), he was punished as a member of a faction. He was exiled to Ch’ungch’ŏng province and shortly after was sent to Onsŏng county in Hamgyŏng province. On his journey, he witnessed the very scenery described in his dream. He halted the horse, recited the poem, and sobbed sorrowfully. Those who accompanied him were all moved to tears. Arriving at Onsŏng, he soon received an order to end his own life. From this story, we can see that human affairs are all predetermined. The poem was widely recited (chŏnsong) among the forest of scholars, and all sighed in sympathy.

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