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Im Kyŏng on
Hyŏnho’s Trivial Tales (Compendium of Remarks on Poetry)
Entry Text
自古詩家。以題咏為難。非作句難。難其相稱也。樹影中流見。鍾聲兩岸聞。為金山寺之名句。樓觀滄海日。門對浙江潮。為靈隱寺之絕唱。盖趣與境會。寫出眞景也。金黃元。浮碧樓詩云。長城一面溶溶水。大野東頭點點山。徐四佳甞歇看。然登斯樓。咏斯作。則始覺其模寫如畫。鄭松江。統軍亭詩。我欲過江去。直登松鶻山。西招華表鶴。相與戱雲間。這二句。未甞道得統軍亭一語。而世以為古今絕作。何也。盖是亭也。遠臨遼碣。氣像嚝邈。松翁乃托興於意象之表。趣格飄逸。與玆亭相侔也
Since antiquity, poets have found difficulty in writing a poem to a topic and not in writing poetic lines. The difficulty lies in matching the topic. 樹影中流見鐘聲兩岸聞 I see the reflections of trees in midstream,and hear the sounds of bells from the two shores. became a famous line for Jinshan Monastery. 樓觀滄海日門對浙江潮 The tower gazes at the sun above the blue sea.The gate faces the waves of the Zhe River. became a widely sung line for Lingyin Monastery. It is because when one’s delight (ch’wi) and poetic landscape (kyŏng) meet, one can describe a true scenery (chin’gyŏng). Kim Hwangwŏn’s 金黃元 (1045–1117) poem “Pubyŏk Tower” 浮碧樓 reads, 長城一面溶溶水大野東頭點點山 To one side of the long city wall runs a slow running river.To the east of the vast wilderness stand dots of mountains.Sŏ Kŏjŏng once overlooked it. Only when he climbed the tower and read the poem, did he begin to realize that the poem’s description was like a painting. Chŏng Ch’ŏl’s poem “T’onggun Pavilion” 統軍亭 reads, 我欲過江去直登松鶻山西招華表鶴相與戲雲間 I wish to go beyond the riverand climb straight up Pine Crane Mountain. From west, I beckon the cranes on ornate columns to come and play with me in the clouds. These two lines are not referred to in connection with T’onggun Pavilion, yet the world regards it as a timeless poetic masterpiece (chŏlchak). Why is this? It is perhaps because the pavilion is located far away in the Liaodong and Mohe region where landscape is boundless and distant. Feeling elated, Chŏng used his imagination (ŭisang) to express the delight (ch’wi) and style (kyŏk) of a drifting hermit. The pavilion he described therefore is no different from any pavilion.
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