South Asian Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SARJHSS)
Volume-1 | Issue-2
Original Research Article
My father Ilsoo Joseph Kim and Tcheonzamun (The Thousand Character Essay)
Hyeonhi Regina Park, Kunjoo DaegonAndrea Kim, Jiah Anna Kim, Rosa Kim, Alain Hamon, Sohwa Therese Kim, Sangdeog Augustin Kim
Published : Aug. 25, 2019
Abstract
This is a poem of 16 letters from 177th character to 192nd character of Tcheonzamun. The researchers translated the poem Tcheonzamun (The Thousand Character Essay) on expressing their father or grand-father Ilsoo Joseph Kim. The Teacher of Tcheonzamun in this poem gives us his strict advice; "You will lose time if you continue to brag of what you have done!" As shown on the Ki (器) character, the researchers want to express the value of Tcheonzamun with large scale (大) of saying or mouth (口) on 1, 2, 3, 4 directions (口 口 口 口) as "Tcheonzamun was written by ancient Koreans.