Yes, They Are Not Dead But Alive, and They Have Full of Joyfulness of The Life! (The Second Translation of Tcheonzamun 417th-432nd)
Abstract
The first translation of the Tchaonzamun (The thousand character essay) poem was carried out through the pronunciation of Korean language (Park et al., 2021). This time, the researchers tried to translate the same poem, 417th-432nd Tcheonzamun, on the different method. It was through the meaning of Chinese character. 417-420 Bae Mang Myeon Rag 배망면락 背邙面洛. The river Rag (洛) at the end faces (面) the tomb(背邙). Even though you try so much, the end of our lives is the death, The life is such a short one. Isn’t it? Please, do not think that the live is very important! Do not let us live our lives carefully! It is not necessary for us to do our best in order to attain our goal during the life… 421-424 Bu Wi Geo Gyeong 부위거경 浮渭據涇. No, it is not true! It is not the end! The river again continues to the river Gyeong (涇). After that (據), it flows into (浮) the greater river Wi (渭). And, this river Wi (渭) continues to the great river Hwangha(黃河). Then, this river Hwangha(黃河) comes to the sea in the eastern side of China. It is the Seohae(西海), the western side of Korea. 425-428 Gung Zeon Ban Ul 궁전반울 宮殿盤鬱. If you stand on a highly built house (宮) and if you observe the landscape, it seems that the plants (the herbage and the wood) grow well (鬱), they turn round (盤), and they follow the river (殿). If there is a big river, there will be a wood. It will be shown as if the wood follows the river. 429-432 Nu Gwan Bi Gyeong 루관비경 樓觀飛驚. If you sit on a highly built house (樓), you can see(觀) that the birds are surprised(驚) and they fly into such a high place of the heaven(飛). In another words, if there are wood and river, the living animals and birds will appear. Yes, they are not dead but alive, and they have full of joyfulness of the life!
Keywords: The second translation; Tchaonzamun (The thousand character essay) poem; through the meaning of Chinese character; 417th-432nd Tcheonzamun; river Rag(洛) faces(面) the tomb(背邙); they are not dead but alive
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