My dear Aunt Hyeonhi! When you have Married, I was Sad! (Tcheonzamun 561st-576th)
Authors: Kim Sangdeog Augustin 
Published: December 2024

‘The thousand character essay’ in English is called as ‘Tcheonzamun (千字文)’ in Korea. It is well known that the book of Tcheonzamun was written by the Chinese people (Han, 1583). But Park et al., (2021a) suggested that ‘The thousand character essay’ (Tcheonzamun) was translated through Korean grammar, and through Korean pronunciation of Chinese character (2021b). It is not reasonable. It is said that this great book (Tcheonzamun) was written by Chinese people, but the translation was through Korean grammar and through Korean pronunciation. It is possible to think that the Tcheonzamun was written by somebody whose mother tongue is Korean. The book of ‘the thousand character essay’ is called in Korea as ‘Tcheonzamun’. And it is suggested that 16 letters from Tcheonzamun compose a poem (Park et al., 2021a; Park et al., 2021b). The Tcheonzamun book used in this study was somewhat old (Han, 1583). And the range of ‘The thousand character essay’ poem was (Tcheonzamun 561st-576th). The method for translation was through the meaning of the Chinese character in this study. The thousand character essay was called in Korea as ‘Tcheonzamun (千字文)’. The poem of (Tcheonzamun 561st-576th) was translated. And the next is the result obtained from the research. And the title is ‘My dear aunt Hyeonhi! When you have married, I was sad! (Tcheonzamun 561st-576th)’. <Number in Tcheonzamun Chinese character(Pronunciation in Korean language) The meaning of this line of the poem>. 561-564 俊(Zun) 乂(Ye) 密(Mil) 勿(Mul). Do you want to grow up the talented person (乂) into the superior person (俊)? Whether the level of the person might not be good (勿), it is not important. Which is the most important? It is the number (密) of the person. The more the persons are, the better the result will be. It is the viewpoint of the husband Augustin for educating our children. 565-568 多(Ta) 士(Sa) 寔(Sig) 寧(Nyeong) (宀丁皿心). In order to produce a lot of (多) talented men or talented women (士), what is necessary? At first, there must be a child or children (丁) in the family (宀). And, the person with a warm heart (心) is necessary. Then, the person of a warm heart might give the food (皿) to the child or children. When those things (寧) are prepared, such fruits can be obtained (寔). This is the viewpoint of my wife Hyeonhi for educating our children. 569-572 晋(Zin) 楚(Tcho) 更(Gaeng) 覇(Pae) (西月革). Do you want to help our children, to help me Augustin or my wife Hyeonhi? Even though the thing is not well done, we are going to do the thing difficult. At that time when you see us (楚), do you want to help us? Do you wish (晋) that our children, me Augustin and Hyeonhi to become better? If the conditions of our children and of me Augustin will become favorable, the protectors are necessary. Especially at time of night (西) after the work, the protectors are necessary. At daytime, our children and me Augustin can do the difficult things. But after the work, we ourselves can not do the things. The protector prepare (覇) and give us the food (月) and sandals (革) and clothes. If the protector keep to do continually these things for us, the works of our children and of me will become so favorably (更). 573-576 趙(Zo) 魏(Wi) 困(Gon) 橫(Hoeng). Sometimes somebody looks at our children or me Augustin critically (魏), and someone does not hope our good development (趙). Some person would make a hole in front of our road (橫) or would stop our way (困).