(Translation) 2017 龜兔之說
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Title | |
| English | Story of a tortoise and a hare | |
| Chinese | 龜兔之說(Kui t’o chi sŏl) | |
| Korean(RR) | 귀토지설 | |
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| Author(s) | Kim Busik 金富軾 (Samguk sagi 三國史記) | |
| Year | 1145 | |
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| Translation Info | ||
| Translator(s) | Participants of 2017 Summer Hanmun Workshop (Intermediate Training Group) | |
| Editor(s) | ||
| Year | 2017 | |
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Original Script
Translation
Student 1 : (Write your name)
昔, 東海龍女病心, 醫言: 「得兎肝合藥, 則可療也。」 然 海中無兎, 不奈之何。 有一龜白龍王言: 「吾能得之。」
Student 2 : (Write your name)
遂登陸見兎言:「海中有一島, 淸泉白石, 茂林佳菓, 寒暑不能到, 鷹隼不能侵。爾若得至, 可以安居無患。」
Student 3 : Petra Sváková
因負 兎背上, 游行二三里許。龜顧謂兎曰: 「今龍女被病, 須兎肝爲藥, 故不憚勞, 負爾來耳。」
Therefore [the tortoise] carried the hare on its back and transported [them] for about 2 or 3 ri1. The tortoise looked back and told the hare: "Now, a daughter of the Dragon King is affected by disease [and we] need to make a medicine out of your liver. Thus, without minding the labour, I carried you [all the way] and came [here]."
1 Ri (Ch. li) is an old measure of distance, it is about a third of a mile or 300 paces.
Student 4 : (Write your name)
Long ago, the Eastern Sea Dragon [King's] daughter contracted a heart [disease]. A healer said, "[If] a rabbit liver was obtained to combine [with] herbs, then [she] could be treated."
However, in the sea there were no rabbits, what could be done?
There was a turtle [who] said to the White Dragon King, "I can obtain it."
Subsequently, [the turtle] climbed [on to] land [and] seeing a rabbit, told [it], "In the sea there is an island [with] clear springs and white rocks, luxuriant groves and beautiful fruits. Winter's cold does not reach [it and] birds of prey cannot invade. If you obtained [a way] to reach [it], [you] could with [it] peacefully live without worries."
In this way, [the turtle] carried the rabbit on [its] back and by swimming went two or three ri1 or so. [Then] the turtle looked at the rabbit and said, "Right now the dragon [king's] daughter has become sick and must [have] a rabbit liver to make medicine. This is why, unconcerned [with] labor, [I] am carrying you [on my back] and returning, that is all."
兎曰: 「噫, 吾神明之後, 能出五藏, 洗而納之。日者小覺心煩, 遂出肝心洗之, 暫置巖石之底, The rabbit said, "Alas! I [am] the descendent of the sun god2 and can take out my five internal organs to wash and put them back. For days [I] have felt irritation [in my] heart, so took [my] heart and liver out to wash them, [and] placed them under the cliff rocks for a short time. Hearing your sweet talk [I] came straightaway. The liver is still in there, why not turn back and return to get the liver? Although without a liver I [can] still live, how [would this] not suit us both?"
The turtle, believing it, therefore went back, and just as [he reached] the shore, the rabbit fled and went into the grass, saying to the turtle, "A fool you are! How [can] there be [one] without a liver and [still] alive!"
The turtle sucked in its teeth, [went] silent, and returned.
1 里 (C: li), an old measure of distance that has varied throughout history, but can be understood to be less than a kilometer.
2 神明 [K: sinmyŏng; C: shenming], a word referring to the sun god.
Student 5 : (Write your name)
聞爾甘言徑來, 肝尙在彼, 何不廻歸取肝, 則汝得所求, 吾雖無肝尙活, 豈不兩相宜哉。」
Student 6 : (Write your name)
龜信之而還, 纔上岸, 兎脫入草中, 謂龜曰: 「愚哉, 汝也, 豈有無肝 而生者乎。」 龜憫黙而退.
