2018 推句 05 - 10

Original Script

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5.

春水滿四澤이요

夏雲多奇峯이라.

秋月揚明輝요

冬嶺秀孤松이라.

7.

月爲宇宙燭이요

風作山河鼓라.

月爲無柄扇이요

星作絶纓珠라.

9.

春作四時首요

人爲萬物靈이라.

水火木金土요

仁義禮智信이라.

Translation

(sample) : Young Kyun Oh

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• Discussion Questions:

Poem 5 : (Write your name)

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Spring water, fills all ponds,

Summer clouds, many wondrous mountain peaks.

Autumn moon, spreads bright splendor,

Winter mountain ridge, distinguishes the lonely pine.

• Discussion Questions:

+I tried to maintain the sense of a poem by separating the topic of the line (ie/ summer clouds) from the description with commas. Is this too fragmented? Would it be preferable to the readers if I connected the two clauses? (ie/ Summer clouds are many wondrous mountain peaks)

Poem 7 : (Write your name)

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• Discussion Questions:

Poem 9 : (Ewa)

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Spring is the head [the first] of four seasons

Human beings are the soul of the myriad of things.

Water, fire, wood, metal and earth

Humanness, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust.

• Discussion Questions:

The literal translation is "four ponds," but I understood this to refer to the four directions and, by extension, all ponds.

This is the first stanza of Tao Yuanming's poem Four Seasons.