Choe Chiwon 崔致遠
student abroad · prose writer · Silla Korea · 857–?
A man of Silla who went to study in Tang China at twelve and passed the civil service examination there at eighteen. Back home he submitted proposals for reform; when they were not accepted he gave up office and went into Mount Gaya.
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late 9th century
In the autumn wind I can only chant in pain. In all the world, few know my music. Outside the window, rain at the third watch. Before the lamp, a heart ten thousand ages away.
秋風惟苦吟 擧世少知音
囱外三更雨 燈前萬古心Goun jip, book 1, "On an Autumn Night, in the Rain"
c. 900 · After he gave up office and went into Mount Gaya
Rushing wildly over piled rocks, it roars through range on range, and a human voice can hardly be made out a step away. Always afraid that talk of right and wrong might reach my ears, I have had the running water wrap the whole mountain round.
狂奔疊石吼重巒 人語難分咫尺間
常恐是非聲到耳 故敎流水盡籠山Goun jip, book 1, "Written at the Reading Hall on Mount Gaya"
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