July 2017

‘You are magnifique, Maeg’s descendants!’ (769th-784th characters)

The researchers studied the Tcheonzamun (The Thousand Character Essay) poem of 769 to 784th characters. The poem is composed of dialogues between an aged man and a young man, or between a husband and wife of a family. The main theme of the poem is ‘recovering from defeat’. The aged man praises the young man, ‘You are magnifique, Maeg’s descendants!’. In another interpretation, there is a...

Author(s): Hyeonhi Regina Park, Jieun Agatha Kim, Kunjoo Daegon Andrea Kim, Jiah Anna Kim, Sohwa Therese Kim, Rosa Kim, Alain Hamon, Francine Tenaillon, Anne-Marie Forget, François Forget and Sangdeog Augustin Kim

July 2017

“I will pray for you that you may become a man well developed and a woman in full bloom beautifully!”; from the translation of Tcheonzamun (the book of ‘The Thousand Character Essay’) poem (705-720th characters)

This study aims to study the meaning of Tcheonzamun (the book of ‘The Thousand Character Essay’) poem of 16 letters from 705 to 720th characters. The Chinese translation of this poem shows how to grow a child well. But the Korean version says, “Think positive!”, “Look on the bright side!”, “I am very proud of you!”; these might be the most principal maxims of their...

Author(s): Hyeonhi Regina Park, Jieun Agatha Kim, Kunjoo Daegon Andrea Kim, Jiah Anna Kim, Sohwa Therese Kim, Rosa Kim, Alain Hamon and Sangdeog Augustin Kim