Do you want me to be free from the state of my sadness? My Darling, my husband! You must reduce and reduce again your complain about me your wife (Tcheonzamun 305th-320th)
Abstract
Dallet (1874) in his book introduced ‘Tcheonzamun (The thousand character essay)’, and he wrote that Tcheonzamun had been utilized for the children in the ancient Chinese people and in the ancient Korean people for the education of Chinese characters. The part of Tcheonzamun (The thousand character essay) here in this study was 16 letters of (Tcheonzamun 305th-320th). Two methods were used. The first method was through Korean pronunciation of Chinese character, and the second was through the meaning of the Chinese character of Tcheonzamun. In addition, the present researcher tried to delete same part from the two Chinese characters in the same line. And the remained parts of the Chinese character were utilized for the translation. (This is the translation through Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters) 317-320 去(Geo) 而(I) 益(Ig) 詠(Yeong) 꺼이 엉엉! Geoi Eong-eong (The wife cries by herself) I am sad, so I am crying! ‘Geoi Eong-eong’ is the crying voice of the wife. (This is the translation through the meaning of Chinese characters) 317-320 去(Keo) 而(I)-Ħ=一’ 益(Ig)-Ħ=小小 詠(Yeong). (The wife said to her husband). Do you want me to be free (去) from the state (一) of my sadness (’)? My Darling, my husband! You must reduce (小) and reduce again (小) your complain (詠) about me your wife.
Keywords: Tcheonzamun; The thousand character essay; Chinese characters; Korean pronunciation; Translation
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