(Translation) 御製垂綸吟

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  I-1. 御製問業 어제문업(Eoje munup) 1774

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  I-2. 蕩平碑 탕평비(Tangpyeongbi) 1742

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  I-3. 御製均役濬川卽予事業 어제균역준천즉여사업(Eoje gyunyeokjuncheonjeugyeosaeop) 1773

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  I-4. 御製壹初 어제일초(Eoje ilcho) 1774

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  I-6. 御製廣蕩 어제광탕(Eoje gwangtang) 1774

Original Script

Classical Chinese	English
御製垂綸吟 垂綸吟 暮年政 其何事 爲其貢	(translation)

Translation

Student 1 : (Kanghun Ahn, Hu Jing, King Kwong Wong, Zhijun Ren)

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御製垂綸吟 Royal Instruction of King Yǒngjo to be Handed Down to Future Generations

垂綸吟 暮年政 [Leaving a legacy for future generations,] I write down this instruction during the last years of my reign.

其何事 爲其貢 What is this about? It is about the taxation policy.

自三代 至漢唐 From the Three Dynasties*1 till the Han and Tang periods,

凡有賦 只男丁 Every taxation policy had only been related to male adults.

同男女 東風俗 [On the contrary,] Taxing equally both men and women is a practice of the East.*2

今此舉 即繼述 Now this act is a measurement to carry on the practices [of the Han and Tang].

幾百年 始校整 It is only after several hundred of years that [this inconsistency with the Han and Tang practices] is rectified.

與惟此 曷勝懷 Only given in this situation that my mind could be fulfilled.

舉其綱 用其目 Bringing up the essence and employing the details,

從容吟 十句成 I calmly complete this instruction in ten sentences.

同年同月日夜中書 Written in the middle of the night in the same year, month, and day

Note 1: Three Dynasties refer to the Xia, Zhang and Zhou dynasties Note 2: Koreans refer their own country as either Haedong (East of the Sea) or Dongguk (the Eastern Country).

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Further Readings

• View together with (Korean text) King Yeongjo’s Admonition for the People” (Eoje gyeongmineum 御製警民音, 1762)
• View together with (Translation) King Jeongjo, “Royal dictum to encourage farming” (Gweonnong yuneum 勸農綸音, 1781)