(2017Translation) 崔瑩
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| English | Ch’oe Yŏng | |
| Chinese | 崔瑩(Ch’oe Yŏng) | |
| Korean(RR) | 최영 | |
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| Author(s) | Sŏng Hyŏn 成俔 | |
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| Translation Info | ||
| Translator(s) | Participants of 2017 Summer Hanmun Workshop (Intermediate Training Group) | |
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| Year | 2017 | |
목차
- 1 Original Script
- 2 Translation
- 2.1 Student 1 : Sanghoon Na
- 2.2 Student 2 : Younès M'Ghari
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Original Script
Translation
Student 1 : Sanghoon Na
When Ch’oe Yŏng of Chŏlsŏng, was young, his father always admonished him, saying, "Regard gold as dirt or rocks." Yŏng always had the four characters[見金如土] written on the sashes and kept them in mind[1] and did not forget [them] all his life. Although he assumed the reins of government and his authority was wielded in and out [of court], he did not exploit a bit from other people's houses. He was just content with food to eat. In those days ministers invited and received each other as guests to spend a day playing paduk. [2] They competitively set sumptuous meals with which they pursued luxury and extravagance. Mr. Ch'oe alone invited guests and did not set the [lunch] table [even] after noon. At sunset, he mixed millet and rice and cooked meals with various greens he prepared. All the guests who had empty intestines[3] and ate up the vegetables and rice and said that [Ch'oe of] Chŏlsŏng's meal was astonishingly delicious. Mr. Ch'oe smiled and said, "This also is a strategy of maneuvering soldiers."
Student 2 : Younès M'Ghari
When Ch’oe Yông of Chôlsông was young, his father used to warn him and say: “Look at gold like dirt [stone].” Ch’oe Yông constantly had these 4 characters written on his sash. All his life, he wore it on the chest and did not lose it. Even though he was holding the administration of the State and his authority was ruling inside and outside, he did not even take a hair from other people’s houses, just enough to eat and that was it. At that time, high ranking officials were inviting each other [and] there by spending their days playing chess1, organizing competitively exquisit meals in which they worked on their luxury and extravagance. [Once] Mister Ch’oe invited guests and passed the noon without serving food. At dusk, he mixed millet and rice and cooked a meal, at the same time he served miscellaneous vegetables; all the guests’ stomachs were empty [so] they ate up all the vegetables and rice and said: “Ch’oe Yông’s meal is really delicious.” Mister Ch’oe said smiling: “This also is a stratagem to manoeuvre troups.”
1: People may only be playing go (Korean: 圍棋, paduk) at the time.
Student 3 : Petra Sváková
When Ch'oe Yŏng1 of Chŏlsŏng was young, his father always warned him saying:“Look at gold like it is dirt [rock]." Ch'oe Yŏng, he would always have written these four characters(見金如土) on [his] sash. The whole life he wore it on [his] chest and did not lose it. Although he held the state's administration and his power swayed inside and outside [the central government], he did not take even a hair from other people's houses, just [took] enough to eat and nothing more. At that time high-ranking officials2 invited and welcomed each other, spent days with playing paduk3 and janggi4, and were competitively serving delicate food by which they were striving for luxury and extravagance. [Once] mister Ch'oe invited guests by himself and [even] after noon he did not serve any food. At dusk, he mixed millet and rice and cooked a meal, and at the same time he laid out miscellaneous vegetables. All the guests were [so] hungry [that] they ate up [all the] vegetables and rice and said: "Mister Ch'oe Yŏng's food is very sweet5!" Mister Ch'oe was laughing and said: "This is also a strategy of employing troops."
1 Ch'oe Yŏng (1316–1318) was a general of Koryŏ period.[1]
2 first-grade and second-grade officials of the Secretariat-Chancellery and the Security Council[2]
3 Korean 'go'
4 Korean chess
5 'very sweet' here means 'very delicious'
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When Ch'oe Yŏng of Chŏlsŏng1 was young, his father constantly exhorted him, saying, "View gold [the same] as earth." [Ch'oe] Yŏng always used these four characters to write on [his] sash. All his life he wore the cloths and did not lose them.
Even though he held [power in] state government, impressively running [state business] within and outside [the state], he did not take [even] one tiny hair from other people's houses, just [took] enough to eat and that was all.
During that time high-ranking ministers invited and welcomed each other to play board games in order to pass the time and vied to set out rare dishes in order to engage in luxury and extravagance.
Ch'oe Yŏng only invited guests. Noon passed by [but] he did not set out food. At dusk he mixed millet and rice to cook a meal and laid out random vegetables.
All the empty-bellied guests, eating their fill of the vegetables and grains, said, "The food of [Ch'oe Yŏng of] Chŏlsŏng is very sweet."
Ch'oe Yŏng, laughing, said, "This is also an employing troops strategy."
1 Ch'oe Yŏng (1316–1318) was a prominent general of the Koryŏ period who was sometimes called by the name of an area under his jurisdiction. For more information on Ch'oe Yŏng see the Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, "General Choe Yeong".
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崔鐵城瑩少時。
When he was young, Ch’oe Yŏng of Cholsong,
其父常戒之曰。
His father often warned him and said:
見金如土[石]。
“Look gold like earth”
瑩。
Ch’oe Yŏng,
常以四字書諸紳。
Always, read their four characters on his sash.
終身服膺而勿失。
On his life, he wore that on his chest and he didn’t lose it.
雖秉國政。
Even though, he held a position on the administration of the country.
威行中外。
He went majestically inside and outside the state.
而一毫不取於人家。
He didn’t even take off one fine hair from the other peoples houses.
纔足食而已。
Just only in off, he ate.
當時宰樞相邀迓。
At that time, the high ranking persons received each other.
以棋局消日。
Spend days, they played paduk (the Korean version of Go)
爭設珍饌。
They served gourmet food.
以務豪侈。
By did this, they worked on this luxurious life.
公獨邀客。
Mister Choe welcomed guest.
過午不設饌。
On afternoon, he didn’t serve them food.
日暮糅黍稻炊飯。
He mixed rice and millet to cook meal,
兼陳雜菜。
And served them vegetables.
諸客枵腸盡啖菜飯曰。
All the guest finished vegetables and rice because they had empty stomach, and they said:
鐵城之飯甚甘也。
‘Mister Ch’oe’s cook is extremely delicious!’
公笑曰。
Ch’oe smiled and said:
此亦用兵之謀也。
‘It is also a strategy use by soldiers.’
《慵齋叢話.卷三》
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- ↑ [3] "服膺(lit. wear it on the chest)" is a lexicalized expression which means "to cherish something with admiration or respect."
- ↑ [4] The record of paduk or go is found in the Samguk sagi: 又以國人善碁, Also the people of Silla was good at playing paduk.
- ↑ "枵腸(empty intestines)" refers to the state of hunger.
