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Chongnam’s Assembled Records (Compendium of Remarks on Poetry)
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近來年少中。金錫胄斯百早負文名。而文病於澁。雖作數句語。必刻意覃思。草藁不三四易。不出也。其詩大率多雕繪。而次洪于海詩八首俱嘉。其一篇曰。春日娟娟春氣和。故人棲息近如何。十年京洛才名早三月林園逸興多。隨柳訪花眞得我。馳軒躍馬且從他。新詩却寄勞相望,。語鳥嚶嚶在別柯。極平淡近古。余甞遇斯百論文。斯百云。吾少不多讀。故未能驅駕文力。雖欲勉讀。而藥其病。多務未暇。可恨。盖斯百凡製述。以模做古作為能。非有巨源流出。故其言如此。然妙解作法。各體俱備。誠未易得
Lately among youths, Kim Sŏkchu 金錫胄 (1634–1684; style name Sabaek) earned an early literary fame. Yet his malady was in strenuousness (sap). Even when he wrote just a few lines, he mulled over them painstakingly and did not present the poem without going through three to four drafts. His poems were generally well embellished (chohoe), but his eight poems written in response to Hong Manjong (styled Uhae) were particularly beautiful (ka). The first of the eight poems reads, 春日娟娟春氣和故人棲息近如何十年京洛才名早三月林園逸興多隨柳訪花真得我馳軒躍馬且縱他新詩卻寄勞相望語鳥嚶嚶在別柯 Spring sun is fair. Spring air is mild.An old friend’s visit, how wonderful it will be?Ten years in the capital, I’ve earned a youthful fame.In an April garden, a desire for reclusion grows.Dancing with willows, visiting the flowers, I find my true self. Rushing my carriage, dashing my horse, I run to him.A new poem I send him. How difficult it is to see each other!The birds call one another––chirp, chirp––from different boughs. It is superbly plain and simple (p’yŏngdam), verging on antiquity (kŭn’go). I once read Kim’s discussion on literature. In it he wrote, “When I was young, I did not read much, therefore, I have not been able to sprint forward in my literary skill. Although I wish to make effort to read and cure my maladies, I had too much work and no free time. I truly regret it.” He said these words perhaps because he relied on his ability to imitate ancient works to write what he had written, without a great fountain [of knowledge] from which water could spring out. Yet such ingenious ideas (myohae), method of composition (chakpŏp), and complete mastery of each style (ch’e) are truly not difficult to attain.
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