Wolmyeong 月明師
Buddhist monk · Seorabeol (Gyeongju), Silla · 8th century
A monk of Silla in the reign of King Gyeongdeok. He played the flute well, and the Samguk yusa says he made this song at a memorial rite for his dead sister.
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mid-8th century · For the sister who died before him
The road of life and death is here, and you faltered, and went without even finishing the words "I am going." Like leaves that fall here and there in an early autumn wind, we were born on one branch, and I do not know where you have gone.
生死路隱 此矣有阿米次肹伊遣 吾隱去內如辭叱都 毛如云遣去內尼叱古 於內秋察早隱風未 此矣彼矣浮良落尸葉如 一等隱枝良出古 去奴隱處毛冬乎丁"Song for a Dead Sister" (Jemangmaega), in the Samguk yusa
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