Yi I 李珥

1543 · His collected works record that he wrote it at the age of eight

At the pavilion in the woods autumn is already late, and the poet's thoughts have no end. The far water runs blue into the sky. The frosted maples redden in the sun.

林亭秋已晚 騷客意無窮 遠水連天碧 霜楓向日紅

Yulgok jeonseo, "Hwaseok Pavilion," written at eight

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16th century

Gathering herbs, I suddenly lost the path: a thousand peaks, all deep in autumn leaves. A mountain monk goes home with the water he has drawn, and at the edge of the wood, smoke rises from the tea.

採藥忽迷路 千峯秋葉裏 山僧汲水歸 林末茶煙起

Yulgok jeonseo, "In the Mountains"

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