세심대(경주 옥산서원)

세심대 洗心臺 Sesimdae Rock

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해설문

국문

조선 중기를 대표하는 성리학자인 회재 이언적(晦齋 李彦迪, 1491~1553)이 벼슬을 그만두고 고향에 독락당(獨樂堂)을 지어 머물면서 주변의 산과 계곡에 이름을 붙였다. 이를 사산오대(四山五臺)*라고 하며, 그 오대 중의 하나가 이곳 세심대이다.

세심대는 옥산서원 앞으로 흐르는 자계천 가운데에 자리한 너럭바위 일대이다. 자계천을 흐르는 물은 세심대에서 떨어져 내려 작은 폭포와 용소(龍沼)를 만들어 빼어난 경치를 이룬다.

세심대는 마음을 씻고 자연을 벗 삼아 학문을 구하는 곳이라는 뜻이며, 바위에 새겨진 글씨는 퇴계 이황(退溪 李滉)이 쓴 것이다.

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• 사산 : 도덕산, 무학산, 화개산, 자옥산 / 오대 : 관어대, 영귀대, 탁영대, 징심대, 세심대

영문

Sesimdae Rock of Oksanseowon Confucian Academy

When Yi Eon-jeok (1491-1553) retired from his official post as a civil official, he returned to his home village and stayed at his personal residence Dongnakdang House. While staying in this village, he gave names to the mountains and rocks in the area. Collectively, these were known as Sasanodae, meaning the “Four Mountains and Five Rocks.”

One of these rocks is located along Jagyecheon Stream which flows in front of Oksanseowon Confucian Academy. The water of the stream flows over this wide and flat rock, to create a small waterfall and plunge pool. The rock was named Sesimdae, meaning “Place of Rinsing the Heart,” and conveys that this is a place where one can obtain scholarship by cleansing one’s mind of distracting thoughts and befriending nature. The calligraphy inscribed on the rock was written by the renowned scholar Yi Hwang (1501-1571), who was a student of Yi Eon-jeok.

• The other names given by Yi Eon-jeok include: Dodeoksan (Mountain of the Virtuous Way), Muhaksan (Mountain of the Dancing Crane), Hwagaesan (Mountain of the Splendid Canopy), Jaoksan (Mountain of the Purple Jade), Gwaneodae (Place of Watching Fish), Yeongguidae (Place of Singing Along), Tagyeongdae (Place of Washing the Chinstraps of a Nobleman’s Hat), and Jingsimdae (Place of Purifying the Heart).

• 사산오대 한자 확인 https://m.blog.naver.com/drkdc/221145412477