Heo Bong 許篈
scholar-official · poet · Joseon Korea · 1551–1588
Elder brother of Heo Nanseolheon and of Heo Gyun. He found his sister a teacher of poetry and sent her books of verse he had obtained from China. At thirty-three he was exiled to Gapsan in the far north; released, he wandered and died at thirty-eight.
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c. 1584 · While in exile at Gapsan in the far north. In old poetry the wagtail stands for brothers and sisters
Trees on the passes ring the frontier town a thousand deep. The river runs east and the sea is lost in darkness. Ten thousand li from home: how is such sorrow to be borne? In grief I watch a sick wagtail on the sandbank.
嶺樹千重遶塞城 江流東下海冥冥
辭家萬里堪怊悵 愁見沙頭病鶺鴒Hagok jip, "Sent to My Sister"
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