South Asian Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SARJHSS)
Volume-8 | Issue-05
Original Research Article
My Husband! Do you Want me (your wife) (厶) to Live Well (丨)? My Dear Husband! Please, Spend your Joyful Time(息) with me (your wife) Together(一)! (川(Tcheon) 流(Lyu) 不(Bul) 息(Sig)) (Tcheonzamun 273rd-288th)
Sangdeog Augustin Kim, Hyeonhi Regina Park, K. Daegon-Andrea Kim, Jiah Anna Kim, Sangmin Lee, Rosa Kim, Alain Hamon, Sohwa Therese Kim
Published : Sept. 24, 2026
Abstract
French Missionary Dallet (1874) wrote in his book that the thousand character essay has been for long time used as the textbook for Chinese characters both for Chinese children and for Korean children. It is widely acknowledged that Tcheonzamun was created by Chinese people (Han, 1583; www.chinasage.info/1000character-classic.htm). However, this masterpiece in Eastern Asia, Tcheonzamun, is the source of mystery. Because Tcheonzamun poem can be translated well on Korean pronunciation of Chinese character (Kim, 2023) and on Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021). Such results hint the next suggestion; Korean-language speaking people made Tcheonzamun. In the present study, deleting method will be used for the translation of Tcheonzamun (Kim and Park, 2026; Park and Kim, 2026). The range of this study is 16 letters of (Tcheonzamun 273rd-288th). The book used on the present study is somewhat old (Han, 1583). The main direction for Tcheonzamun translation has naturally been on Chinese grammar (www.chinasage.info/1000character-classic.htm). Recently, several researchers suggested the translation on Korean grammar (Park et al., 2021) or that on Korean pronunciation (Kim, 2023). The method for the present study is on the deletion method (Kim and Park, 2026; Park and Kim, 2026). The mark of [] shows the deletion on the same Chinese character. The mark of () indicates the deletion of similar part of Chinese character of Tcheonzamun. The translation was carried out only on the remained part(s) of Chinese character after the deletion. The title of this study is ‘My husband! Do you want me(your wife)(厶) to live well(丨)? My dear husband! Please, spend your joyful time(息) with me(your wife) together(一)! (川(Tcheon) 流(Lyu) 不(Bul) 息(Sig)) (Tcheonzamun 273rd-288th)’. There are two replications for each line (of four Chinese characters). It is in order to compare the deleted form of Chinese character with the original Chinese character (Kim and Park, 2026; Park and Kim, 2026). <Number in Tcheonzamun(the thousand character essay). Chinese character (Pronunciation shown in Korean language on English alphabet).> 273-276 川(Tcheon) 流(Lyu) 不(Bul) 息(Sig). 273-276 川(Tcheon)-ll=丨. 流(Lyu)-冫(ll)-[丶-一(丶)] -小=厶. 不(Bul)-小=一. 息(Sig). My husband! Do you want me(your wife)(厶) to live well(丨)? My dear husband! Please, spend your joyful time(息) with me(your wife) together(一)! 277-280 淵(Yeon) 澄(Zing) 取(Tchui) 映(Yeong). 277-280 淵(Yeon)-氵-小-[π(小)]=丨丨. 澄(Zing)-氵-小-一-夕-[ㅑ(夕)]=口. 取(Tchui)-日-一=又. 映(Yeong)-日-小=央. My husband! Do you want that we, you and me (your wife) (丨丨), will prosper (央) more and more than now (又)? Let’s talk (口) continually! 281-284 容(Yong) 止(Zi) 若(Yag) 思(Sa). 281-284 容(Yong)-人-[人]-口=宀. 止(Zi)-卜=亠. 若(Yag)-十-[十]-口=十. 思(Sa)-十(卜)=心口. My husband! Do you want me (your wife) to say (口) to you a lot of (十) secret (心) words in my heart? My husband! Please make to stop (亠) all of persons to enter into our home (宀)! Please protect us from other person(s) who is (are) willing to come between you and me (your wife)! 285-288 言(Eon) 辭(Sa) 安(An) 定(Zeong). 285-288 言(Eon)-二-亠=口. 辭(Sa)-二-亠-小-[小]-丿(丨)-[丨]=厶冂夕. 安(An)-宀=女. 定(Zeong)-宀=之. My husband! As a woman, and as a wife (女) of my husband, I really want (之) to talk (口) little by little (厶) all (冂) night (夕)! What (之) I, your wife, (女) want is to talk (口) with you even such a small time (厶) through (冂) the night (夕)! In other words, it can be said as follows. “My lovely wife Hyeonhi (女)! I have not heard your (之) talking (口) kindly (厶) in (冂) my heart (夕)!”.