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Hogok’s Remarks on Poetry (Compendium of Remarks on Poetry)
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壺谷南判書龍翼詩才敏速。且善押強韻。一日往見白軒相公。相公指硯滴呼韻使賦詩。壺谷隨字應口即對曰。河濱遺質歷周秦。吞吐清波兩穴因。形似玉山心貯水。孰知其智孰知仁。相公大加稱賞。
Minister (p’ansŏ) Nam Yongik had a nimble and quick (minsok) poetic talent. He was also good at matching difficult rhymes. One day when he went to visit Chief State Councilor (yŏnggŭijŏng) Yi Kyŏngsŏk 李景奭 (1595–1671; sobriquet Paekhŏn [White Terrace]), Yi pointed at a water dropper and chose the rhyme words and made him write a poem. Immediately Nam responded verbally following the rhyme words. 河濱遺質歷周秦吞吐淸波兩穴因形似玉山心貯水孰知其智孰知仁 Made by a rivulet and handed downthrough the Zhou and the Qin,you swallow and spurt limpid wavesfrom the two hollows.Formed like a jade mountain,you store water in your heart. Who understands your wisdom?Who understands your humaneness? Yi greatly praised the poem.
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