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Chongnam’s Assembled Records (Compendium of Remarks on Poetry)
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洪叔鎭柱世。申季良最。俱以文鳴。建幟詞壇。洪詩曰。庭草階花照眼明。閑中心與境俱淸。門前盡日無車馬。獨有幽禽時一鳴。申詩曰。滿地梨花白雪香。東風無賴損柔芳。春愁漠漠深如海。栖燕雙飛繞畵樑。洪申相友善。才名亦相埒。余甞問於澤堂曰。洪申兩人之文。孰優。曰。叔鎭之文。若天然梅菊。季良之文。如彩畫牧丹。盖天然梅菊。眞性自持者也。彩畫牧丹。雕飾而成者也。惜乎。以二公之才。賈忌於時。終不能大展布。此非所謂文章憎命達者歟
숙진 홍주세와 계량 신최는 모두 문장으로 이름을 날리며 시단에 깃발을 세웠다. 홍주세의 시에, ""라 하였고, 신최의 시에, ""라 하였다. 홍주세와 신최는 서로 친하게 사귀었으며 재주와 명성도 또한 견줄 만했다. 내가 일찍이 택당 이식에게 물었다. "홍주세와 신최 두 사람의 문장 중 누가 낫습니까?" 대답했다. "홍주세의 문장은 자연스러운 매화와 국화와 같고, 신최의 문장은 채색한 모란과 같다." 대개 자연스러운 매화와 국화라 함은 진실된 천성을 그대로 간직한 것이고 채색한 모란이라 함은 꾸며서 완성된 것이다. 애석하구나, 두 사람의 재주로써 당시에 시기를 받아 끝내 크게 펼치지 못하였으니, 이것이 이른바 문장은 수명을 누리고 현달하는 것을 미워한다는 말이 아니겠는가.
Hong Chuse 洪柱世 (1612–1661; styled Sukchin) and Sin Ch’oe 申最 (1619–1658; styled Kyeryang) both gained literary fame and planted their flags in the poetry circle. Hong’s poem reads, 庭草階花照眼明閑中心與境俱淸門前盡日無車馬獨有幽禽時一鳴 Plants in the courtyard, flowers by the steps glow brightly in my eyes.In idle retreat, the heart and the scenery are both clear. Outside the gate, all day longthere are no signs of carriages.Only the unseen birds tweet from time to time. Sin’s poem reads, 滿地梨花白雪香東風無賴損柔芳春愁漠漠深如海棲燕雙飛繞畫梁 Covering the ground are pear blossoms, snow-white and fragrant.East wind mischievously disperses their gentle aroma. Spring sorrow is boundless, deep as the sea. A pair of nesting swallows wing around the painted beams. Hong and Ch’oe were good friends and also alike in their talent and fame. I once asked Yi Sik, “Whose writing is superior, Hong’s or Sin’s?” Yi replied, “Hong’s writing is like wild plum and chrysanthemum trees. Sin’s writing is like painted peonies.” Perhaps he meant that one was naturally conceived like wild plum and chrysanthemum trees, while the other was embellished like painted peonies. Alas! Their talent incurred jealousy of their contemporaries and eventually both could not freely realize themselves. Isn’t this what the saying “Good literature detests successful life” refers to?
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