- The Publication of the Dojeon
and the Process Leading to Gae-byuk
- 1 In a work of renewal, Sahng-jeh-nim recited an old poem:
- 七八年間古國城 畵中天地一餠成
黑衣飜北風千里 白日頃西夜五更
- 2 For seven or eight years,
this ancient land is heaven and earth in a picture,
a piece of rice cake.
- 3 A black coat flutters in the north;
the wind blows it one thousand lee.
- 4 A white sun goes down in the west; night grows deep.
- 東起靑雲空有影 南來赤豹忽無聲
虎兎龍蛇相會日 無辜人民萬一生
- 5 A blue cloud rises in the east, casting a shadow in the air.
- 6 A red leopard coming from the south is suddenly silent.
- 7 On the day when the tiger, rabbit, dragon, and snake meet,
even if people have no fault
only one in ten thousand lives.
- (JSD Dojeon 5,309)
