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P016 on
Ŏu’s Miscellaneous Tales (Compendium of Remarks on Poetry)
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禹弘績。早有才名。年七歲。長者。以老字春字。使爲聯句。弘績曰。老人頭上雪。春風吹不消。衆皆奇之。識者點知其夭折。友人鄭象義。爲永崇殿參奉。赴箕都。弘績贈詩曰。鄭虔才名三十年。秋風匹馬向西關。愁絶浿江于象義。白雲千里漢南山。無人知此意。到箕都。未久聞喪。而當時以爲詩讖
우홍적은 일찍이 재능으로 이름이 있었다. 일곱살 때에 어른들이 老 자와 春 자로 연구를 지어 보라 하자 우홍적이 ""라 하였다. 모든 사람들이 기이하게 여겼으나 식견 있는 사람은 그의 요절을 미리 알았다. 벗 정상의가 영숭전 참봉이 되어 평양에 부임하게 되자 우홍적이 시를 지어 주었다. "" 아무도 그 뜻을 알지 못했다. 평양에 도착하고 얼마 되지 않아서 상을 당한 것을 들었으니 당시의 사람들은 이를 시참(詩讖)으로 여겼다.
From early age, U Hongjŏk was renowned for his talent. When he was seven years old, elders made him compose a couplet using the words “old” 老 and “spring” 春. U said, 老人頭上雪春風吹不消 The snow on the old man’s head—spring breeze cannot blow it away. All were amazed, but those who understood quietly realized that he would die young. When his friend Chŏng Sangŭi 鄭象義 (chinsa 1582) was appointed a Superintendent (ch’ambong) at Yŏngsung Hall and was moving to P’yŏngyang, U presented a poem to him that said, 鄭虔才名三十年秋風匹馬向西關愁絕浿江干像義白雲千里漢南山 Zheng Qian gained fame for his talent at age thirty.Through autumn winds on horseback, you head to the western region.The P’ae River grieves because of Sangŭi,for the white clouds are a thousand li away at the mountain south of the Han River. No one understood the poem’s meaning, but not long after Chŏng arrived in P’yŏngyang, he heard the news of U’s passing. Contemporaries considered it a poetic omen (sich’am).
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