Choe Gyeongchang 崔慶昌
poet · official · Joseon Korea · 1539–1583
One of the "Three Tang-style Poets," known for verse in the manner of Tang poetry. His love for Hongnang, a gisaeng of Hamgyeong province, once cost him his post.
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c. 1574 · A sijo in Korean that Hongnang sent him, turned into a Chinese poem by Choe Gyeongchang
I break a willow branch and send it to you a thousand li away. Plant it for me, please, before your window. And if one night new leaves come out, know this: the worn, sad eyebrows are mine.
折楊柳寄與千里人 爲我試向庭前種
須知一夜新生葉 憔悴愁眉是妾身Gojuk yugo, "A Song Put into Chinese"
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