My Husband, Is It All? (Keu-Yo?) Is It All You Can Give Me Your Wife? (Al-Lyang!) (Tcheonzamun 177th-192nd)
Abstract
French missionary Dallet (1874) wrote in his book that the ancient Chinese people in Tchi’n (秦) country used ‘The thousand character essay’. ‘The thousand character essay’ is called in Korea as Tcheonzamun (千字文). Park et al. (2021a; 2021b) called the continuous 16 letters as a poem, and they translated the poem. This time, the present researcher selected the poem of 16 letters, and the range was (Tcheonzamun 177th-192nd). < Number of Tcheonzamun (The thousand character essay) Chinese character (Korean Pronunciation of Chinese character in English alphabet) Transformed phrase on Korean pronunciation in Korean alphabet (Transformed phrase on Korean pronunciation in English alphabet). The meaning in Korean language is as follows.> 189-192 器(Ki) 欲(Yog) 難(Nan, Lan) 量(Lyang) 그요? (Keu-yo?) 알량! (Al-lyang!) My husband, is it all? (Keu-yo?) Is it all you can give me your wife? (Al-lyang!) < Number in Tcheonzamun Chinese characters (Pronunciation of Korean language in English alphabet)>177-180 罔(Mang) 談(Dam) 彼(Pi) 短(Dan) My husband, you always say to me your wife, “Do not (罔) say a lot things (談)! Because my wife, you (彼) are responsible for this fault (短)!”, 189-192 器(Ki) 欲(Yog) 難(Nan) 量(Lyang). My husband, do you know my desire (欲)? Do you know how the quantity (器) of your wife’s desire? The desire of me your wife, it is too great to tell you (難). I cannot even say the quantity (量)!
Keywords: Tcheonzamun; The thousand character essay; Chinese characters; Korean pronunciation; Translation
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References 3
- Dallet, C.H. (1874). Histoire de l‟Eglise de Corée (History of Korean Catholic Church). Victor Palme. Paris. France, 11-99.
- Park, H. R., Kim, R., Hamon, A., Kim, S. T., Kim, S. A. (2021a). Augustin often reminds Mrs Hilye Sarah Kim his mother in -law (The Second Translation of Tcheonzamun 449th -464th). South Asian Res J Human Soc Sci, 3 (5): 340-341. SEIPID
- Park, H. R., Kim, R., Hamon, A., Kim, S. T., Kim, S. A. (2021b). My daughter Jieun Agatha, she is now in her thirties, asked me “Am I still a baby?” (Tcheonzamun 481st -496th). South Asian Res J Human Soc Sci, 3(5); 369-370.